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From: pam@admin.acadiau.ca (Pam Dimock)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: stretch needles
Date: 7 Apr 92 14:53:04 GMT
Organization: Acadia University

In article <wentzell.33@ace.acadiau.ca> wentzell@ace.acadiau.ca (LEEANN WENTZELL) writes:

>I discovered something very interesting this weekend. I was sewing denim 
>overalls for my daughter, but my needles kept breaking because of the 
>thickness of the material at the seams. I know I could have trimmed the seam 
>allowances, but I find that, after several washings, I often get fraying. 
>Anyway, I broke my last regular needle, and, since it was Sunday (stores 
>aren't open in Canada on Sun.) I had to use a "jersey" needle. I was 
>amazed!! It went through the denim like a hot knife through butter! I 
>finished the pants without sacrificing any more needles. These weren't the 
>expensive needles either - just cheapies I got on sale. Anybody else had 
>this experience?

>Lee Ann

Have you tried a denim needle. Since I work here too, I'll let you know off 
the net where you can get one.
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: carolp@techbook.com (Carolyn Peterson)
Subject: Re: serger article in Threads magazine
Organization: TECHbooks of Beaverton Oregon - Public Access Unix
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 03:37:24 GMT



In article <1992Apr9.174440.7490@adobe.com> riggle@adobe.com (Kathleen Riggle) 
writes:
>
>If you are thinking of buying a serger, you really should check this
>article out.  It has a lot of good information.  There was one section
>I didn't agree with, though.  It was about the noise and vibration of
>the machines.  The article states:
>
>	Only the Viking, White and Elna were found to have no
>	vibration.  The others all had some; the Baby Lock had the
>	most vibration.
>
>	The Simplicity, Juki, Singer and Riccar machines weere called
>	"noisy" by the raters, while the Viking, Elna, Brother, and
>	Bernina Bernette were rated "quiet."
>

I was also surprised by the comments in this part of the article, but
the rest of it was useful.  I have a Babylock serger.  Two months
after I bought it, I went shopping for a table to hold the serger and
my sewing machine.  I used a serger on all of the tables that I looked
at to see if the tables would shake during serger use.  I found
several sergers that vibrated much more than mine did, even though
they cost more.  I didn't keep a list of the models though, so I don't
know if they were among the test group that Threads evaluated.

Anyway, to get to a point, which many people may have already been
aware of.  When I was serger shopping, all of the stores had their
sergers set up on table tops that were nicely padded and covered,
usually with shag carpeting.  This cuts down on the machine noise and
vibration.  When getting serious about bringing something home, I
found it helpful to have them move the machine to a smooth table
surface, like I had at home, and to try it there to get a better feel
for the noise and vibration.  


-- 
-------
Carolyn Peterson          
carolp@techbook.COM  
(No affiliation with Techbooks)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: tmoss@milton.u.washington.edu (Tina Moss)
Subject: Re: Hand Smocking questions
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 18:01:02 GMT

Before I bought myself a pleater, I called the needlework shops in my area -
use the yellow pages - and asked about smocking patterns and pleating services.
Several stores (all quilting stores I think) were able to suggest people who
might be willing to pleat some fabric for me.  I no longer remember what I
paid for this service, but it was very reasonable and the pleaters do a far
neater job than I ever did with my own lines of running stitch apart from the
fact that putting those lines in was tedium personified!


Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: susan@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Susan Kenzler)
Subject: Knitting on Consignment
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 10:08:45 GMT

There is a local women's clothing manufacturer who produces some of their
knits on consignment.  They provide the yarn and pattern and contract you to
produce a number of pieces (around ten) within a limited time period (usually
a couple of weeks).  They pay something like $40 per vest and up to $250 for
some sweaters.  Items can be knit by hand or by machine.

Has anyone ever done machine knitting on consignment?  Is it worth it?  Any
suggestions or comments?  

Thanks,
Susan
From: bell@pooh.cs.unc.edu (Andrew Bell)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: sergers
Date: 13 Apr 92 21:41:46 GMT
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Marina,

I tried to mail you but my message bounced.  Please send
me a copy of the serger article in Threads magazine.

Thanks.

Leslie Bell
135 Mallard Court
Chapel Hill, N.C.  27514

bell@cs.unc.edu
From: bambi@visenix.UUCP (Hilda)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: HELP with Snaps...PLEASE!
Date: 11 Apr 92 12:09:08 GMT
Reply-To: bambi@visenix.UUCP (Hilda(Bambi) Smith-Beattie)
Organization: Department of Redundancy Department

answer.....
snap tape.this can be purchased either with plastic or
metal snaps already mounted in it.
it can be purchased by the yard or in bits of 1 yard
already packaged.
snaptae is like hook tape ana little like velcor tape
in that you have 2 sides a male and a female side.
they have already been spaced for you.you measrue caerfully
and then sew one side in one side of the opening and the other 
side in the other...kind of like a zipper...it has saved my hide
many times.i have only seen the metal snaps in black and white tape
but i think it is dritz that produces the plastic snaps in tapes
or many colrs.even found hot pink for my daughters multi 
neon colored play suit!
genie with the addiction to the notions dept.

From: cdfk@otter.hpl.hp.com (Caroline Knight)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 10:53:37 GMT
Subject: Re: Hand Smocking questions
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.
Newsgroups: alt.sewing


 I have done smocking - though some time ago. A great thing to practise with
 is gingham - you don't need little dots but use the squares to mark out
 your rows. It's worth doing a sampler in this.

 Caroline
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: ceb@dbrus.Unify.Com (Caroline E. Bryan)
Subject: Re: HELP with Snaps...PLEASE!
Organization: /usr/lib/news/organization
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 16:12:10 GMT

In article <1992Apr6.162516.12996@mailhost.bl.cad.slb.com> hackney@luigi.enet.dec.com (Kirsten Werne) writes:
>
> ...  Anyway, the one piece jumpsuit was all done except for putting in the
> 9 snaps in the crotch.... I kept having problems with the snaps not lining
> up correctly ...  Anyway, my question is, is there an easier way?...  I
> would like to avoid buying the snaps that are already on a strip of mat-
> erial because I like to be able to adjust where I put the snaps.  

I'm sure you thought of this as soon as you sent this out:  make your own
custom strip of material with the snaps on it, then sew that onto the garment.
Or use the snaps that you sew on; they don't put big holes in the garment,
you don't have to be Hercules for multiple layers, and they couldn't possibly
take more time!


Carrie		ceb@dbrus.unify.com	x6244     ----------------------------+
| ... one of those cliches that are always lying in wait to fill a vacuum in  |
| the brain.		- H.W. Fowler					      |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
From: riggle@adobe.com (Kathleen Riggle)
Subject: Re: serger article in Threads magazine
Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 17:44:40 GMT

In article <9204091703.AA04202@marny.Corp.Sun.COM> Marina.Salume@Corp.Sun.COM (Marina Salume) writes:
>I am willing to make copies of the recent Threads article
>comparing sergers (April/May 1992 issue) for those who
>are unable to find a copy of the magazine. It is 6 pages
>long, so send me your snail mail address and I will mail
>it to you. The comparison is between four and five thread
>sergers with differential feed,... "because those are the 
>state of the art these days", according to the article.
>
>(The article makes no recommendations on which machine to buy.)
>
>--marina

If you are thinking of buying a serger, you really should check this
article out.  It has a lot of good information.  There was one section
I didn't agree with, though.  It was about the noise and vibration of
the machines.  The article states:

	Only the Viking, White and Elna were found to have no
	vibration.  The others all had some; the Baby Lock had the
	most vibration.

	The Simplicity, Juki, Singer and Riccar machines weere called
	"noisy" by the raters, while the Viking, Elna, Brother, and
	Bernina Bernette were rated "quiet."

Now, I didn't consider this a big deal when I was looking at sergers,
but this amused me.  When I was looking at a Viking serger, the dealer
mentioned that they were a little noisier than others.  When I was
looking at a Juki, the dealer talked about how quiet the machine was
and compared it to the Viking!  In these cases, I agreed with the
dealers.  I didn't test all the machines in the article, but if the
noise factor is important to you, you might want to run your own
tests.

This article had just come out when I was serger shopping.  Most of
the dealers hadn't read it, but one Elna dealer had.  He stated that
the Elna was the one the author of the article like the most.  Well,
that wasn't completely accurate.  The article states that the Elna
5-thread was easier to use than the other 5-threads on the market, but
this model wasn't specifically recommended.  In the first part of the
review, the author states that all the machines performed acceptably.
The main differences were in the ease of use.

BTW, I did end up ordering the Elna 5-thread.  I can't wait to get it!

-- 
riggle@adobe.com
From: Marina.Salume@Corp.Sun.COM (Marina Salume)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: where to repair an old quilt
Date: 9 Apr 92 00:10:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: marny.9204090010.AA04077


>A friend of mine has an old quilt that need to be repaired.
>She is not able to fix it herself.  Any suggestions?

>If your friend will do some checking in her area I am sure that she can find a
>quilting group that have regular meetings. 

What a coincidence! I just finished sending Suzanne (the original poster)
about the San francisco Quilt Guild and asking if she'd like to attend one
of our meetings! :-) Small world. I agree that asking the members of our
guild is the best way to find out how to repair an old quilt. Most of the
craft stores in our area would not know where to send anyone with such
an item, unfortunately. Even the quilt shops would probably "Pass" on this
one.

>I know that my grandmother would be more that glad to repair the quilt for >your
>friend but I don't think your friend would want to come to Texas.
 
Prices for this kind of work are very high in our area, due to the very
high cost of living. It will be considerably cheaper to send the quilt
somewhere else to be repaired. Most people are not prepared to spend 
hundreds of dollars to repair an old quilt that they got through their
family for "Free".

--marina
From: Marina.Salume@Corp.Sun.COM (Marina Salume)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: Jinny Beyer books
Date: 9 Apr 92 00:12:38 GMT

>    -   "A Six-Minue Mile: A Beginning Runner Tells How at Age 40 She
>       Tackled...A Six-Minute Mile...And How You Can Too!, 1984, $4.50
>       (I haven't verified that this last one is the _same_ Jinny Beyer!)

I haven't read it, but it is, in fact, the same Jinny Beyer who wrote all
those quilt books :-)

--marina`
Newsgroups: alt.sewing,rec.crafts.textiles
From: paradis@ERA.COM (Lisa Berkenbilt)
Subject: Fabric Rec's Needed
Followup-To: paradis@ERA.COM
Summary: fabric for a concert dress 
Organization: Engineering Research Associates, Vienna, VA
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 20:47:47 GMT

Hello.

I need the collected wisdom of the net to determine what kind of
fabric(s) I can use for a concert dress.  I am playing in a group that
requires that we wear all black - preferably a dress with a
below-knee-length skirt (I already have patterns).  Anyway, here's my
list of requirements:

	1. I'm a French horn player.  French horns have the uncanny
ability to "slime" on clothing at the worst possible time.  The
"slime" consists of oil, condensation from the horn, and dirt.  The
fabric must resist oil (a thin, light grade oil used for valves)
stains, or at least hide them well.

	2. The dress I want to make will have a fitted bodice.  Since
I still want to breathe (horn players need to take deep breaths), the
fabric has to give.

	3. It gets really hot on stage.  Wearing black is bad enough.
I would like fabric that breathes a bit (my black polyester skirt is a
hothouse during performances because it lacks breathability).

	4. I would like material that has a nice drape to it for the
skirt.

	5. When I go on tours, my concert clothes have a tendency to
get rolled into a ball and stuffed in my music bag.  I would like a
material that resists wrinkling. (eg cotton is out)

	6. The material has to withstand repeated washings without
fading.  My black blouse is rapidly becoming dark grey.

I would greatly appreciate any ideas you might have.  One possibility
I thought of is using a different material for the sides of the bodice
for #2 (and still upholding #6) and another material for the rest.
However, I would like to avoid a hodge-podge looking dress.

Thanks in advance!!

--Lisa Berkenbilt


-- 
Engineering Research Associates, Vienna, VA USA
paradis@ERA.COM
From: hackney@luigi.enet.dec.com (Kirsten Werne)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: HELP with Snaps...PLEASE!
Date: 6 Apr 92 16:25:16 GMT
Reply-To: hackney@luigi.enet.dec.com (Kirsten Werne)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

Hi-

	Last night I was finishing up an outfit I had made for my 9 month
	old.  I am not a great sewer (more than a beginner, but definitely
	not an expert).  Anyway, the one piece jumpsuit was all done except
	for putting in the 9 snaps in the crotch.  I have a Dritz snap
	applicator...I figured this would be the easy part.  Boy, was I wrong!
	It took me forever (1 1/2 hours, I would guess) to get all of those
	*&^% snaps in.  I kept having problems with the snaps not lining up
	correctly so I would have to take them out, etc.  Each time I would
	have to remove them, I would end up with more holes in the jumpsuit.
	I especially had trouble at the bottom and crotch where there were
	multiple layers (I had my husband finally do it because he had more
	hand strength).  Anyway, my question is, is there an easier way???
	What am I doing wrong?  I would like to avoid buying the snaps that
	are already on a strip of material because I like to be able to 
	adjust where I put the snaps.  

	Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks,

	Kirsten Werne
From: wheeler@bcarh744.BNR.CA (Cheryl Wheeler)
Newsgroups: alt.sewing
Subject: Re: tired hemline needs help
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:02:46 GMT
Reply-To: wheeler@bnr.ca
Followup-To: alt.sewing
Distribution: na
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.

In article <1992Mar25.000507.3264@iscsvax.uni.edu>,
klier@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
|>> Just made a long-ish split skirt from crepe de chine, and the hemline 
|>> looks tired (it's just handbasted at the moment).  Thought about horsehair 
|>> braid to give it a bit of body, but that's too stiff.  I can use
|>> a polyamide web to fuse the hem in place, but I don't like the looks
|>> when I tried it on a scrap -- too "ironed" looking.  But it's getting
|>> closer to the right body.
|>> 
|>> Suggestions?  Maybe interface the hem with lightweight fusible interfacing?
|>> The fabric is thin enough that whatever I use is going to have to be
|>> in the grey or beige color range -- both black and white show through.
|>> Oh yes, we're talking 80" of hemline in EACH leg...
|>> 
|>> Crepe de chine wouldn't normally be my choice for this garment, but
|>> I need something very light and packable that can be dressed up or
|>> down for a conference I'll be attending in Scotland.  (How do I get
|>> myself into these things???  Maybe I'll just pack jeans, and they
|>> can write me off as another eccentric American....)
|>> 
|>> Kay Klier      Biology Dept   UNI
                       
For something as light as crepe de chine, I wouldn't go with a deep hem,
especially with such a long hem. I prefer to narrow hem. If you have a
serger, a serged rolled hem is also an option. And, of course, you could
do a hand-rolled hem, if you have about 2 years free. :)

  --  Cheryl (wheeler@bnr.ca)
From: lindner@danzig.micro.umn.edu (Paul Lindner)
Newsgroups: alt.gopher
Subject: Re: Archie-gopher gateway
Keywords: archie
Date: 13 Apr 92 23:52:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: news2.1992Apr13.235203.4901
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

In <1992Apr9.154939.28835@mercury.unt.edu> billy@sol.acs.unt.edu (Billy Barron - VAX/UNIX Systems Manager) writes:

>This is going to one of several posts today.  The first few are about the
>upgrade to 0.9.

>Does the archie-gopher gateway require the C archie client to be installed?
>The reason I ask is because I have the Perl client.  The gateway appears
>to be passing all kinds invalid flags (as far as the Perl client goes).

>I see two basic options:

>1.  Switch to the C client.  Is it better than the Perl client?  We
>    have the Perl client because it came out first.

Yes, it is better.  The perl one (at least the one I'm familiar with)
goes out and simulates a telnet session.  This is bad.  The c-client
version uses prospero and is much more efficent.

--
 | Paul Lindner | lindner@boombox.micro.umn.edu   | Slipping into madness
 |              | Computer & Information Services | is good for the sake
 | GopherMaster | University of Minnesota         | of comparision.
///// / / /    /////// / / / /  /  /  /   /      //// / / / /  /  /  /   /
Xref: sparky alt.gopher:337 comp.archives.admin:300 comp.org.eff.talk:3425
From: billy@sol.acs.unt.edu (Billy Barron - VAX/UNIX Systems Manager)
Subject: g2ftp
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 15:52:29 GMT

In gopher 0.9, I found two different versions of g2ftpd.  One was called
g2ftpd and looked like a slightly modified version of the one available
in 0.8.  Then there was gopherftp, which seemed to have no installation
instructions.  What's the difference and how do you install it?

Billy Barron
billy@unt.edu
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 11:57:20 EDT
From: scotty@piranha.cs.uoguelph.ca (Steve Howie)
Original-To: Barb Avery <bya@gopher.adp.wisc.edu>
Subject: Re: OS2 Client?
Original-Cc: gopher-news@boombox.micro.umn.edu
Newsgroups: alt.gopher
Distribution: alt

Barb,

>Does anyone know of an OS2 client under development?  We recently  
>learned that TCP/IP out of a DOS window in OS2 probably doesn't work  
>unless you're running IBM's TCP/IP software, which of course we  
>aren't....Thanks in advance for any leads,

IBM market an excellent TCP/IP for OS/2. You don't have to use it out  
of the DOS window. It uses the NDIS driver specification, however, so  
I don't know if that would cause a problem in developing an OS/2  
client. They sell a programmer toolkit, and offer source too.	 
	

FTP software also market TCP/IP for OS/2


Hope this helps,

Scotty
From: mark@cda.mrs.umn.edu (Mark Van Overbeke)
Newsgroups: alt.gopher
Subject: VMS gopher client and server
Date: 8 Apr 92 20:59:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: news2.1992Apr8.205924.25595
Organization: University of Minnesota - Morris

VMS gopher sites:

  I have some changes to the client and server that will be posted in
the next few days to fix some problems.  One is the disappearing help
file.  Another is an access violation on "=" to describe a file.  I have
found out that it appears at least exact word ftp searches don't seem to
work.  The client will pass the query on to the server, but something
gets weird and the client ends up in a loop.  This appears to be fixed
in the V0.8 Unix client.  Since this seems to be the case, I plan on
updating the VMS client and server to be V0.8 in the next couple of
weeks.  At the same time, I hope to fix the search problem and add some
other requested functionality.  Maybe I can even have all the files
around for building under Multinet, Wollongong, and UCX.  We'll see what
I can get put together.

-- 
Mark Van Overbeke                   Systems Software Programmer
Computing Services                  BITNET:    Mark@UMNMOR.BITNET   (VMS)
University of Minnesota, Morris     INTERNET:  Mark@caa.mrs.umn.edu (VMS) 
Morris, MN   56267           (612) 589-6378    mark@cda.mrs.umn.edu (Ultrix)
Newsgroups: alt.gopher
From: zik@netsun.cl.msu.edu (Edward Symanzik)
Subject: Complete List of Libraries and Network Resources
Organization: Michigan State University
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 15:08:40 GMT

I have just finished compiling a list of about 350 libraries available through
telnet (and tn3270).  I also have a separate list of about 70 other services
also available through telnet.  These directories are based on the data used
by HYTELNET, a program written by Peter Scott of the University of 
Saskatchewan Libraries.

I am also willing, for now, to maintain this list and make corrections as 
needed.  Send your comments and corrections to zik@netsun.cl.msu.edu.

Name=Library Card Catalogs
Type=1
Host=gopher.msu.edu
Port=70
Path=1/libraries/catalogs

Name=Internet Resources
Type=1
Host=gopher.msu.edu
Port=70
Path=1/internet

-- 
Ed Symanzik
Michigan State University
zik@netsun.cl.msu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.gopher
From: mark@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (Mark Thacker...CC1 LAN Manager)
Subject: PC Gopher II and WAIS problems?
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 18:17:35 GMT

Hello,

Is this a bug or simply not implemented as cleanly as possible:

When PC Gopher II is used to access a WAIS linthat returns items, but not
files, PC Gopher II will return an error condition if the user (intuitively)
clicks or selects one of the returned items.

Error        strToQuery:
             bad server port:

Link File    Name=Email Address based on USENET Posts
             Type=7
             Port=4171
             Path=/usr/local/data/wais-sources/usenet-addresses.src
             Host=sol.acs.unt.edu

It's worth noting that the Unix Client simply repeats the selection if you pick
it.  Please try this out and let me know if you have any problems.

-- 
================================================================================
Mark Thacker                            Bitnet : MARK@UNTVAX
CC1 Novell LAN Manager                  THENET : NTVAXA::MARK
Computing Center                        Internet : MARK@VAXB.ACS.UNT.EDU
University of North Texas               SPAN : UTSPAN::UTADNX::NTVAXB::MARK
================================================================================
Newsgroups: alt.gopher
From: sysmatt@aix3090b.uky.edu (James M. Simpson)
Subject: Re: MVS gopher now available 
    <sysmatt.703409788@aix3090b.uky.edu>
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 10:17:04 GMT
Distribution: alt
X-Bytes: 

Never mind .. I found my problem. I managed to eyeball the unloaded file and     found some documentation on retrieving and reloading it. I needed to issue the FTP LOCSITE RECFM=FB LRECL=80 BLKSIZE=3120 command before retrieving the file.
After doing this, everything worked much better.
Now does anyone know if there is an MVS Gopher client anywhere?