On 3 Mar 2005, at 02:49, Alice Howell wrote:
Ebay has Wooden Lacemaking Boards and Needles on it's list. What kind
of lacemaking would this be?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=6159463308
Could it be some sort of crimping device? Damp fabric (frill, ruffle)
could be woven
My mother used to hurry us along by saying 'get going, Mac Duff' - I
always wondered who Mac Duff was - mother isn't from Scotland, and when I
asked her, she says it was something she heard. Can anyone clue me in if
this Mac Duff is significant - is 'he' a sort of 'everyman'? - is it
street
...Interesting use of the word 'quilt' with 'knitting' however..
I wonder if the English word quilt comes from teh French couette (pr. like
kwet), which means a type of eiderdown, but flatter and often not filled with
feathers. That might explain it's use with the word knitting, since couette
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Helene Gannac wrote:
...Interesting use of the word 'quilt' with 'knitting' however..
I wonder if the English word quilt comes from teh French couette (pr. like
Or they both come from the Middle English/Old French word 'cuilte'
I think the quilt of a 'knitted quilt'
On Mar 3, 2005, at 19:42, Linda Walton wrote, in response to Bev's:
My mother used to hurry us along by saying 'get going, Mac Duff' - I
always wondered who Mac Duff was
[...] there is something very
similar to it spoken at the height of the dramatic fight scene between
MacDuff and MacBeth in the
I don't remember seeing this one on chat before, and it still fits the
decency standards, I think.
From: J. F.
Van (South Africa's equivalent to Australia's 'Bruce', Ireland's
'Paddy', Russia's 'Boris', Israel's 'Hymie', etc.) sees an
advertisement in an agricultural newspaper in which a
Looks like a definite link between those, doesn't it?
Helene
--- Bev Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005, Helene Gannac wrote:
...Interesting use of the word 'quilt' with 'knitting' however..
I wonder if the English word quilt comes from teh French couette (pr.
like
