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From: conib@peri.gvg.tek.com (Coni Britten)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Re: 4 harness loom
Date: 31 Aug 92 21:23:31 GMT
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA

In article <1992Aug31.132810.13467@telerama.pgh.pa.us> kristen@telerama.pgh.pa.us (Kristen McQuillin) writes:
>I am interested in buying a used 4 harness loom. Does anyone here have
>any idea where I might find one? I've seen new ones at textile shows
>(like FiberFest), but a used one would be fine (and less expensive!).


I agree -- it's always a good idea to buy a loom used, especially a simple
4 harness one.

I recommend going to your local yarn shop(s) and asking about your local
weaver's guild.  Then get in touch with them.  Your local weaver's guild
would be your best local source of information about used looms for sale.

The major weaving magazines (e.g. Handwoven, Weaver's) will have a Classified
section in the back which will contain ads for used looms, but for the most
part these will tend to be the more expensive dobby/computerized/whatever ones. 
Also, I've noticed that the prices in those ads seem a bit on the high side.


Coni B.
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: jill@cray.com (Jill McAllister)
Subject: McCall's Winnie the Pooh pattern (again)
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 27 Aug 92 16:30:44 CDT

Would someone please send me the pattern number of the McCall's pattern
for the Winnie the Pooh characters?  I didn't save it from that past
discussions, and to pursue this any further, I need it.  I also need
the years (approx.?) that the pattern was available.  Finally, the
original price of the pattern would help.

Thanks very much,

Jill McAllister
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Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: shafer@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer)
Subject: Re: Winne-the-Pooh and Piglet
Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal.
	<1992Aug20.183508.15364@cci632.cci.com>
	<1992Aug21.141419.20133@hemlock.cray.com> <balvin.714766428@hooker>
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:28:28 GMT

I have a slightly different Winnie-the-Pooh question.

I have a godson due to arrive in October.  I needlepointed Eeyore for
his big sister (my _perfect_ goddaughter--who's biased?) when she was
born and it was a great hit all around.

I'd like to needlepoint another character for Alexander.  But--I
haven't seen a canvas.  As anybody seen a canvas for any of the 
characters recently?  Eeyore was about 8 x 10, on 10 mesh, but I'm
not going to be really fussy here.

If you've seen one, would you e-mail me?

--
Mary Shafer  DoD #0362 KotFR NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA
shafer@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov                    Of course I don't speak for NASA
 "There's no kill like a guns kill." LCDR "Hoser" Satrapa, gunnery instructor
                       "A kill is a kill."  Anonymous

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From: Marina.Salume@corp.sun.com (Marina Salume)
Subject: Re: hardanger, anne cloth, linen for crewel
Organization: Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 00:35:35 GMT

>There are 2 hobbies I have trouble with:
 >* I do Hardanger embroidery and can usually find the traditional white
  > Hardanger fabric.  Many places also sell tiny pieces of colored fabric.
   >I have never found somewhere to buy colored Hardanger fabric off a bolt.

Call 1-800-433-4321 and ask for a free catalog from Nordic Needle.
they sell hardanger fabric, by the inch or by the yard, in about 28
colors.

 >* I like to make blankets from a fabric that has blocks -- I think it is
  > called 'Ann' fabric but I am not sure of the name right now.  It is a
   

Nordic Needle also has anne cloth in 18 colors, the largest size cut
is 45 x 57 for $27.50. They also sell it in pillow cuts, 11 inches x 11 
inches. (wonder why it's not available by the yard, tho?)

*How about crewel?  I love crewel work, but the materials are almost impossible
*to get (linen twill and crewel yarns).

There are 17 types of linen fabric in the Nordic Needle catalog, perhaps one
of them will be suitable. They also sell medicis wool by DMC, which they say
is suotable for crewel. They list about 20 colors and then say they will
special order other colors. They also carry silk, metallic, and lots of
other threads. You can order color charts of most of them.

I haven't ordered from them yet, but the catalog has tons of hardanger 
patterns and supplies, also lots of stuff that could be used for cross 
stitch and other forms of embroidery. Their address is: Nordic Needle,
1314 gateway Drive, Fargo, North Dakota 58103. 1-800-433-4321.

--marina
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: spz@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (S.P.Zeidler)
Subject: lace crocheting
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut f"ur Radioastronomie
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 01:39:54 GMT

Hi,

count me in among the ppl doing lace crochet. I currently do the
peacock spreading its fan from the Burda lace crocheting mag.
(Or rather I have done it; I need some additional height as the window
is double as high as the pattern.)
I'm currently looking for my next project, which should also be a
80cm x ~80cm lace crocheting pattern (another window needs treating ;-)
If anyone has a willow about, I'd be very thankful for pointers.

regards,
	spz
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        spz is S.Petra Zeidler  Copyright 1992 S.Petra Zeidler
spz@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de  
 MPI fuer Radioastronomie Bonn  
    Auf dem Huegel 69, Germany  reading prescription: cum kilo salis
From: balvin@convex.com (Lynn Balvin)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Re: Winne-the-Pooh and Piglet
Date: 25 Aug 92 18:13:48 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Engineering, CONVEX Computer Corp., Richardson, Tx., USA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

jill@cray.com (Jill McAllister) writes:

>I have always wanted to find the whole packet of the McCall's Winnie-the-Pooh
>characters.  I'm sorry that McCall's will never be reissuing them.  Is there
>anyone who would be willing to take on the chore of copying them all for me?
>I will be glad to pay for the trouble (and the postage).

>Please email me privately.

>Thanks,
>Jill McAllister
>(jill@cray.com)

Me too.  If anyone is going to do this, please include me as one of 
receivers.  I like to make all my gifts and this would be great for 
my new grand nephew and new grand neice.  

Thanks in advance.  You can either respond here or by email.

Regards,
    Lynn Balvin 

(balvin@convex.com)

The usual disclaimer goes here.
From: michelle@play.esd.sgi.com (Michelle Boyd)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Re: Anyone Crochet?
Date: 1 Sep 92 17:26:10 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

In article <1992Sep1.132057.27405@chpc.utexas.edu>, jbyrd@chpc.utexas.edu (Jan Byrd) writes:
|>       One year it was crocheted 
|> slippers, but I did so many I got sick of them.  Now I've got relatives
|> asking for replacements for their worn-out slippers and I don't want to
|> make them anymore.
|> 


Could you post the pattern for the slippers?

michelle
From: atkinson@slcs.slb.com (Amy Atkinson)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Re: 4 harness loom
Date: 2 Sep 92 19:50:24 GMT
Organization: Schlumberger Laboratory for Computer Science

Check the ads in the back pages of "Handwoven" magazine.  Also check
with your community weaving stores.  Mine sells used looms all the
time.



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From: dmiller@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Dick and Jill Miller)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Re: Anyone crochet?
Date: 1 Sep 92 17:22:42 GMT
Organization: Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT

I, too, crochet; mostly lace.  I have also taught crochet at my local Adult 
Education.  I sort of collect old patterns in a very passive way.  One of 
my aunts has an antique business and sometimes passes on old pattern books.

--Jill
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From: myk30@diag.amdahl.com (Manveen Kalyanpur)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: BURDA books
Date: 25 Aug 92 23:02:17 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA

Does anybody know how one can order BURDA (german) books from here
in the US? I love their style. They mostly deal with cross stich
but have information on various crafts. It is like a monthly magazine.
Would appreciate any information.

Thanks in advance,
Manveen
From: clh@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Knitting and stretching
Date: 30 Aug 92 16:28:09 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620


From a book by Maggie Rigghetti, "Sweater Design In Plain English", I 
gather that lining knitted sweaters is generally pointless because of 
the differences between the behaviour of woven cloth and of hand 
knitted fabrics.

It's a good book, and she includes some information about how various 
yarns behave. Basically, some materials stretch and others don't (as 
much), because the latter are more resilient. She points out that one 
solution is to make sure that anything that is particularly likely to 
stretch should have a natural resting place (so, a hem might sit on 
your hips because of ribbing, sleeves might come to a ribbed resting 
point on the wrist), and otherwise to plan for the inevitable (so make 
a knitted dress on the short side, and realize that in a while it will 
be longer).

Another thing she suggests is to knit a swatch in whatever you're 
going to use, including all of the stitches you are going to use 
later, measure it before, and after you wash it in the manner in which 
you plan to wash it. Which allows you to avoid some serious mistakes!

More comments about the book: It's a good one. Tells you what to 
measure and where it goes on the pattern. Even if you don't feel like 
going to that much work, she also helps you figure out what the 
pattern you are making is likely to make up like, so you can correct 
as necessary.


-- 

Chris Hitchcock			clh@vax.ox.ac.uk
EGI, Dept of Zoology
South Parks Road		formerly: chris@psych.toronto.edu	
Oxford OX1 3PS			
ENGLAND
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: spangled@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Coach Dave!)
Subject: FTP weaving programs?
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 18:10:13 GMT

A friend of mine recently began to weave, and she is looking for any
weaving programs for her Mac.  I know there are some around (possibly
by FTP). If anybody can tell me where to find them I (and she) would be      
thankful.  She does not have access to this net and my access is limited, 
so please email any responses.

Thank you 
   David Spangler
   spangled@ucsu.colorado.edu


Newsgroups: rec.aquaria,alt.aquaria
From: ron@minnow.sp.unisys.com (Ron Burns)
Subject: [M]   Anemonies from hell? Or am I just doing good?
Reply-To: ron@minnow.UUCP (Ron Burns)
Organization: Unisys Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:37:19 GMT

In a previous post, I described my 10 gallon fish/invert tank.  At that time,
I think I said I have 7 anemonies.  I cleaned the tank last weekend, and
ran my Magnum 350 on it for a while.  Thats a LOT of current in a 10 gallon
tank.  I counted the obvious anemonies afterwards, and thought I had sucked 
one up and lost it.  Down to six.

My wife was feeding the anemonies (squid chunks) yesterday, and she said she
got all ten of them fed.  TEN!  OK, some of them are small, but they all were
when I first found them.  At this rate, and with the way they grow, in a few
months there won't be a safe place for the trigger or the damsel to sleep!

Someone quite a while back mentioned anemonies he got on live rock.  He said
he was afraid that they were "the naughty type".  At the time, I had no
idea what he meant.  Have I now found out?

-Ron

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Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
From: jason@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Jason Rosenberg)
Subject: Re: Atlantis in Los Gatos
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Distribution: ca
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 21:57:55 GMT

thk@tyres.asd.sgi.com (Tom Kong) writes:

>I am posting this to Ca only since I can't figure
>out how to post it to only the bay area.

>I drove to Los Gatos yesterday since I haven't been
>to Atlantis in several weeks.  I found that the
>place had burnt down.

>Anyone knows what happened and when it happened?  It
>seem a little strange that a fish store catches fire.

>/tom

this happened to my favorite fish store when I was a kid in Mill Valley.
They never reopened, and there has never been another fish store in Mill Valley.

Jason
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Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
From: NETOPRDP@ncsuvm.cc.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: testing... did anybody see this?
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 01:54:46 GMT

 
I've been posting to this group for quite some time now from an nntp
server... I've seen my posts, but they don't get out to anyone else. I've
been informed that everything should be working properly now, so this is
a test to see if anyone saw this.  Flood my mailbox.  Make me happy.
 
!~~~~~~~~o~~~~~/~~~~~~~ Phil Leith, Meteorologist & Tropical Fish Hobbyist~~~~!
Your post came through just fine............David
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Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
From: schwarz@esrican.uucp (Mr.Coach)
Subject: DIY light hood questions?
Reply-To: bschwarz@esri.com
Organization: ESRI Canada
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:21:14 GMT


I apologize if this gets posted twice.  We are currently 
sorting out posting problems)...

I am about to construct a light hood made of 3/8" solid wood 
(ie. not plywood) and tongue & groove pine for my 72g marine 
tank.  I intend to have an opening in the back for ventilation.  
If I decide to go the MH route, then I'll buy one or two fans.  

1)  What wood can/should I use?  I'd prefer something rather 
inexpensive yet practical.  Then again, who doesn't.  I'd like 
to avoid oak since whatever I use will be covered by the pine.
Besides, oak is expensive.

2)  What should I use to seal/protect the wood from warping,
salt damage, etc?  Anything special?  I realize it should be
non-toxic.

3)  Has anyone mail ordered one of these "light hood, retrofit" 
deals into Canada from Hamilton Tech or Energy Savers Unltd. 
out of Cal.?  Any bad experiences?  I'm considering the 2 MH 
and 2 actinic model.

4)  I can't seem to get myself to dish out the money for metal 
halide(s) as yet -- especially since I'll be starting with a 
fish only tank.  I plan on constructing my light hood in such a 
manner that I'll have room to retrofit one or two metal halides. 

                X-section of canopy
            _______________________      
           |  F  F    MM     F  F            
           |-----------------------  <--- shield?  

      front                         rear  
                             
 F = 40 watt flourescent
 MM = 2 X 175 watt metal halide to be installed in the future.

I'm pretty sure that I'll need fans in both ends to dissipate 
heat.  What sort of temp increase should I expect from MH
(currently 80F)?

Do I need a UV shield?  Do I need any shield?

Do you have any comments/suggestions on this design (ie. Is it  
necessary to use hinges for feeding/maint/etc. or have it 
removable?

Thanks,

Brian

P.S.  I'll be visiting in and around the north eastern U.S. 
(e.g. NY, VT, NH, MASS, CONN, and maybe PA).  Are there any
"must see" marine aquaria places that are in this area?  I
hope I haven't left this question to open but I'll try it 
anyway.
From: ste@hudson.att.com (Shaun Erickson [94])
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
Subject: Re: Doctor X Pet Center
Date: 4 Sep 92 15:08:08 GMT
Organization: Bell Laboratories

In article <1992Sep4.053055.196018@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>, tes0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (THOMAS EDWIN SCHMIDLIN) writes:
|> A friend of mine recently got a tank, and although he knows that I love fish,
|> he decided to do it all on his own.  He made a big mistake.  He went to the
|> local mall, to the Doctor X Pet Center, and bought a bunch of fish.  They
|> neglected to tell him several things.  I have to laugh, but when I saw the
|> miserable state of their tanks later, I wanted to cry.  They neglected to tell
|> him that he could not mix African and South American Cichlids.  Scratch one
|> gorgeous African.  They sold him a Jack Dempsey that looked remarkably like
|> the Black Convicts that I raise.  Wonder of wonders, it WAS a Black Convict.
|> 
|> I went to check this place out, a place I normally avoid like the plague, and
|> I was apalled to see all of the fish making love to the filter and doing the
|> backstroke.  They had fish mislabeled, living in swamp water with their dead
|> brethren, and sucking the top to breathe.  I was apalled at the conditions in
|> this store.  I'm sure all pet veterans know, but for those of you who are new
|> to the scene, never go to one of these stores.  The staff is uncaring,
|> untrained, and totally clueless.
|> 
|> It is truly a shame that stores such as this are allowed to exist.  Perhaps
|> the SPCA should get involved, because cruelty is exactly what is going on.
|> -- 
|> 
|> 
|> Tom Schmidlin       DEEP THOUGHTS: By Jack Handey - If God dwells inside
|> TES0@LEHIGH.EDU         us, like some people say, I sure hope he likes
|> 215-758-0865            enchiladas, cause that's what he's getting.

I was about to follow this article up with a description of the terrible fish conditions
at MY local Doctor X Pet Center, when I saw where this was posted from. I suspect we are
both refering to the very same store (in a mall that goes by the same name as the poster's
school). 

The last time I was in, a good third of their stock was dead and left to rot in the tanks.
To my knowledge, they never clean the dead from their tanks unless I complain about it
and tell them that the massive number of decaying corpses is only making water conditions
worse than they already are. One time, they refused to do anything about the dead and
dying fish, so I hung around and "happened" to mention to anyone that came near the tanks
that "I wouldn't buy fish from this store, if you PAID me to". Of course, they all wanted
to know why. :) I know they lost a good many sales that day. Finally they cleaned up the
dead, but didn't bother to do anything else. I went back the next day and was amazed at`how
many fish had died overnight. :(

I haven't threatened to go to the SPCA yet - maybe it's time I do.
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From: steve@celia.UUCP (Steve Tyree)
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria,alt.aquaria
Subject: [M][R] Improving Captive Reef Base Rock
Keywords: reef marine coralline live rock
Date: 31 Aug 92 22:59:17 GMT
Reply-To: celia!steve@usc.edu (Steve Tyree)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rhythm & Hues, Inc., Hollywood


 My captive reef will be going into winter mode in a couple of
weeks and I am planning on improving the live rock base which
the reef is built on. The right 1/3 of the reef rock will be
replaced with cured very high quality coralline rocks. The 
original rocks in this area which have good coralline growth
will be kept. The base of the reef was constructed with dead
rock and this has been a source of maintenance trouble.
 I would like to construct an egg grate suspension platform with 
pvc pipe as a base. A power head will drive water into the base pvc 
and help keep water flowing through the reef. A local dealer has 
suggested using multiple rows of pvc. If this goes ok I will do the 
remander 2/3's of the reef, 1/3 at a time at 2 month intervals.
Other people have no doubt tried this method and I would appreciate
any suggestions or comments you might have. The reef is a 180 gal-
lon tank and the only trouble has been waste accumilation around
dead base rocks and hair algae growths which have subsided but still
persist slightly. All tests show excellent parameters.
 Whats the best grid pattern and spacing for pvc ?
 How many holes and on what sides of the pvc should they be ?
 Should I use the pvc as a suspension base for the egg crate or add
  small plexiglass blocks ?

 Steve Tyree - Reef Breeder
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
From: jimh@ultra.com (Jim Hurley)
Subject: Julie info wanted
Organization: Ultra Network Technologies
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 18:28:58 GMT

I've been looking for new, small fish to get and the Julidochromis
transcriptus looks interesting. My books say they like the water
I have and a rocky terrain. They mention some difficulties
in sexing and mating - unattached fish fighting to the death and
things like that. They also mention that the fish don't like
their terrain changed - even adding a plant or moving some
rocks could get the pairs to start fighting. 

If people would be good enough to send me information about
the behaviorisms, maintenance, etc. of these fish, I'll
post a summary.

Thanks.
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Ultra Network Technologies / 101 Daggett Drive / San Jose CA 95134
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria,alt.aquaria
From: ron@minnow.sp.unisys.com (Ron Burns)
Subject: Re: [M][R]   Algae filters, anyone??
Keywords: reef marine coralline live rock
Reply-To: ron@minnow.UUCP (Ron Burns)
Organization: Unisys Corporation
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 18:34:58 GMT


I have seen people mention that macro algae is difficult in water that has
low nitrate levels.  
Moe's book mentions an algae filter, and the idea of it seems interesting,
but how appropriate is it for a reef type system?

-Ron
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Unisys Corporation                                      ...!rosevax!minnow!ron
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