I watch them all and obviously really interested to see and record next
weeks program. Ruth Goodman did one tiny little piece of bobbin lace in a
previous series, I think the victorian time for the lady of the big house.
I have enjoyed watching for the historical and social contaent, but to see
I should have used Dazeley for the lost hanging bobbin.
Being a bobbin maker is the greatest excuse for bad spelling! :)
From Brian and Jean
Cooranbong. Australia
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Hi Brian
I have a Super Birdcage made by George White in the 80s with 16 small
bobbins in it.What to make an educated (?) guess as to what that meant?
Maureen
E Yorks UK where we have about 12-14 inches of snow and it is snowing now
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Sue wrote:
I watched Edwardian Farm on BBC 2 this evening at 8pm, at the end of the
programme they gave a trailer of next weeks episode and one of the items
was lacemaking, hope you will be watching.
I'll certainly be watching - I love all their series, but I haven't yet
watched last
I wondered that. Hopefully they will find something relevant to the area the
series is in.
Claire
Kent, UK
About 15 inches of snow here and still it comes. Prob not much for you
stateside peeps but it's more than we can handle in this area.
Great weather for lacemaking though. Every cloud has a
In message 4cf7864f.9070...@dsl.pipex.com, Linda Walton
linda.wal...@dsl.pipex.com writes
I wonder what sort of lace Ruth will try?
The trailer showed her talking to a lacemaker using a Honiton pillow,
with work in progress. I only really registered the pillow, rather than
the style of
The two lines below have come off the blog for next weeks program, so tells
enough.
Sue T Dorset
Meanwhile historian Ruth Goodman learns the art of lace-making, visiting the
town of Honiton which became world famous for its lace, renowned for its
beauty, delicacy and intricacy. Once half the
Well, my maternal grandfather fathered 16 children by his 2 wives
Sue
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From: Maureen Bromley maur...@roger.karoo.co.uk
To: Brian Lemin brid...@bigpond.com; lace@arachne.com
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 2:58 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] To bring you a smile in
Boohoo, I am not able to view them on BBC.com. Wish they would get their act
together so everyone on the Internet could view it. DH can only listen to his
Man U games on BBC.
Janice
Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA where our snow was
very light but
I share in your grief, Janice!
These are the only two videos I could find clips of the Edwardian Farm
episodes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22gych2MlcI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MIg_geAU20
There are a few of the Victorian episodes as well.
Wish others would post more so that those of
Maybe not something to ask because of copyright ;)
Is there anything at BBC America? as I don't have tv, I can't check it myself.
To those who are snowbound, all the more happy lacemaking!
On 12/2/10, Tatman tat...@tat-man.net wrote:
somehow capture the video of the lacemaking episode and
Jacquie wrote: My sister Malvary is making a curtain in strips (and the
pressure of everyone asking how she's getting on with it has helped her
being near to finishing) which she has joined on the pillow to get a good
tension at the joins, but she found even with only one strip to join on, it
If you campaign your local PBS station, they might show the series. We have
had Victorian Farm here in Ottawa, but that might have been on TV Ontario
which is also a Public Broadcast Station with some support from Ontario but
also with public support.
I realise that the PBS station in
Again, I'm not clever enough to do this, but I suppose someone could record
it on a DVD recorder (or whatever the modern version is), transfer it to a
computer and convert it. Then risk the BBC Legal Department's actions by
breaching copyright and putting it somewhere it can be watched by
They are currently considering a way of allowing overseas viewers to watch
the programmes on the iPlayer, but on a pay to view system, as you don't
have to pay the UK TV license fee. This has come up recently on the Radio 4
Feedback programme, where apparently they have had e-mails from overseas
Well, so far all but the radio stations have been unable to use...Basically
BBC will allow users in England to watch BBC on their phone but not US or
Canadian viewers. I don't have an iplayer, ipod, or iphone. I have an HTC
EVO by sprint and use the Android network for apps. They tend to get the
I love the Bobbin Asylum Brian and I love reading the talk on bobbins so
keep the messages coming.
Karen in Malta
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16 SMALL BOBBINS in a mother and babe?!?!?!?
How did they all get put in one bobbin - wow.
Please, please, please (and I am grovelling now) can we see a photo of it?
Karen in Malta
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They are. If its the episode I have been told about Pat Perryman (keeper of
lace
at the All Hallow's Museum in Honiton) will be teaching Honiton lace.
From: Claire Allen
cla...@bonitocrafts.co.uk
To: Linda Walton linda.wal...@dsl.pipex.com
Cc:
Bev wrote:
Maybe not something to ask because of copyright ;)
Is there anything at BBC America? as I don't have tv, I can't check it myself.
BBC America at the moment seems to have nothing worth watching. For instance
tonight has Star Trek and King Arthur repeated from 2004. I am able to
I personally think that there is a good chance that the show will come to
one of several PBS channels in my area, through which I have enjoyed
Eastenders for years. I just loved the Victorian House, and Edwardian House
shows,
and the Regency one where all the young people were supposed to
Well how did the two youtube videos come about? Were they pirated and if so
maybe they could be persuaded to do it again with the lacemaking bits. :-)
How
do we contact the perpetrators?
Seems you can post anything on the Internet these days even if it seems
treasonable, re: wikileaks.
I have seen tapes like these at Officeworks, I think. Silly me - I did not
buy it at the time!!
I did not find it last week, when I looked, though!
Brian - I think I sent you a photo some time ago of my W..Worsley hanging
Bobbin, didn't I?
Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz.
If all else fails, you could try buying the dvd of the programmes!
Here is more information about it, (from Amazon UK, but I expect there
are many other sources, both for buying and for Region):
I watch them all and obviously really interested to see and record next
weeks program. Ruth Goodman did one tiny little piece of bobbin lace in a
previous series, I think the victorian time for the lady of the big house.
I have enjoyed watching for the historical and social contaent, but to see
Sue wrote:
I watched Edwardian Farm on BBC 2 this evening at 8pm, at the end of the
programme they gave a trailer of next weeks episode and one of the items
was lacemaking, hope you will be watching.
I'll certainly be watching - I love all their series, but I haven't yet
watched last
I wondered that. Hopefully they will find something relevant to the area the
series is in.
Claire
Kent, UK
About 15 inches of snow here and still it comes. Prob not much for you
stateside peeps but it's more than we can handle in this area.
Great weather for lacemaking though. Every cloud has a
The two lines below have come off the blog for next weeks program, so tells
enough.
Sue T Dorset
Meanwhile historian Ruth Goodman learns the art of lace-making, visiting the
town of Honiton which became world famous for its lace, renowned for its
beauty, delicacy and intricacy. Once half the
Boohoo, I am not able to view them on BBC.com. Wish they would get their act
together so everyone on the Internet could view it. DH can only listen to his
Man U games on BBC.
Janice
Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA where our snow was
very light but
I'm afraid the BBc.com will never 'get its act together' for as long as we
have to pay a license fee (for owning a television or watching on a PC) to
fund the BBC. Only if that changes may BBC programmes be available on line
internationally.
If I log on to BBC iplayer via the aol website
I share in your grief, Janice!
These are the only two videos I could find clips of the Edwardian Farm
episodes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22gych2MlcI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MIg_geAU20
There are a few of the Victorian episodes as well.
Wish others would post more so that those of
Maybe not something to ask because of copyright ;)
Is there anything at BBC America? as I don't have tv, I can't check it myself.
To those who are snowbound, all the more happy lacemaking!
On 12/2/10, Tatman tat...@tat-man.net wrote:
somehow capture the video of the lacemaking episode and
I am also frustrated that we can't access these shows!
I recently learned about Hulu.com, where all sorts of movies and TV
shows can be watched whenever you want over your computer. If you pay a
fee, you can also watch on your TV, iPod, iPad, etc...
They have all sorts of obscure stuff, but
If you campaign your local PBS station, they might show the series. We have
had Victorian Farm here in Ottawa, but that might have been on TV Ontario
which is also a Public Broadcast Station with some support from Ontario but
also with public support.
I realise that the PBS station in
They are. If its the episode I have been told about Pat Perryman (keeper of
lace
at the All Hallow's Museum in Honiton) will be teaching Honiton lace.
From: Claire Allen
cla...@bonitocrafts.co.uk
To: Linda Walton linda.wal...@dsl.pipex.com
Cc:
Jesus knows:
A burglar broke into a house one night.
He shined his flashlight around looking for valuables when a voice in
the dark said:
'Jesus knows you're here.'
He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off, and
froze.
When he heard nothing
I personally think that there is a good chance that the show will come to
one of several PBS channels in my area, through which I have enjoyed
Eastenders for years. I just loved the Victorian House, and Edwardian House
shows,
and the Regency one where all the young people were supposed to
Well how did the two youtube videos come about? Were they pirated and if so
maybe they could be persuaded to do it again with the lacemaking bits. :-)
How
do we contact the perpetrators?
Seems you can post anything on the Internet these days even if it seems
treasonable, re: wikileaks.
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