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Old May 5th 06, 12:29 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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YarnWright wrote:
wha????????
you mean you're NOT a natural.... ummmm, lets see if i remember....
redhead?
Noreen
who's got 'frosted' hair, to cover the natural greyfrosting that's
been steadily occurring.


I only just *now* saw this message (or thread), and had to respond to
Noreen's part of it because it reminded me of my Mom's hair. My Mom had
just turned 85 a couple of weeks before she passed away, but she still had a
lot of brown left in her hair... and very few wrinkles too, in fact (she had
gorgeous skin). The front bit of her hair that was swept back from her
forehead slightly to the right was almost pure white though (not to the
extent of Della Reece on "Touched by an Angel, but it looked really
pretty)... and when she would go to the hairdresser to have her hair permed
or just set, there would often be at least one woman who would say to the
hairdresser... "I want my hair streaked in the front like THAT lady's hair
was done!" They would all grin and say "Then you'll have to wait and let
nature take it's course, because she's never had her hair dyed at all."
LOL

My own hair was a natural blonde when I was very young, and it gradually
turned to a dark caramel... light brown/dark blonde/red mixture by the time
I was in my mid-twenties. Unfortunately even professional pictures (family
portraits) didn't show my natural colour and it always looked almost black.
I hated how that would happen, so I finally got fed up with it, and got the
nerve to have my hair dyed back to blonde like I used to be. At last... I
was back to being ME again!! )

*hugs*
Gemini
- not mentioning the fact that when I goof up with something now, I use my
blondeness as an excuse... "Blonde moment!". LOL


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Old May 5th 06, 12:35 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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"BB" wrote in message
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Oh ha! I like that.....I "enhance" my hair color Then I go swimming
and chlorine enhances the enhancement...which is saying it makes the
blonde go even more blonde.

BB


LOL I read this and remembered the first time I went in a swimming pool
after "returning" to being blonde. I was a little nervous because of all
the horror stories I had heard about people who'd hair is dyed blonde having
their hair turn GREEN from the chlorine. As soon as I came out of the pool
I towel dried quickly to look... never noticed anything... but I *still*
shampooed my hair when I was totally finished in the pool the first few
times until I got over being nervous. Then I just figured... if it happens,
I guess I have fix it. ;o)

*hugs*
Gemini


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Old May 5th 06, 01:53 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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"Shirley Shone" wrote in message
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Those magnifying glasses on strings are not very handy. If you have a
well endowed bosom like me, they stand out too far so it does not focus
on your work. I think a man must of invented them. Also the string cuts
in the back of your neck, and they are inclined to tip up. That type was
my first magnifying glass and was discarded quickly.
Using small beads I have tried quite a few. I ended up with the Mag Eyes
which work very well because you can also look over the top to look in
the distance or TV. They have about 4 sets of different strength lenses.
For taking on holiday I have a pair that clips on my glasses and they
flip up out of the way but are small so do not take up much room.

The Mag- Eyes are larger since they fasten on a head band and look a bit
like something out of space. LOL
I would say Mad-Eyes every time and several of my friends have got them
and agree with me.
Shirley


I've had the MagEyes for several years and they are my preferred vision aid
when working on something that needs magnification. The lens part can be
placed exactly where you need it and will stay there unlike the kind that
sits on your chest with the cord around your neck. I thought I had trouble
keeping it in place because I'm the opposite of well-endowed. LOL However,
they have been sold for many years so there must be many people who do like
this kind. I would be happy to give mine away to anyone who wants to try
it.

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Old May 5th 06, 03:57 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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In article , Shirley Shone
wrote:

These are the ones that I have
http://www.btinternet.com/~mdg/mageyes.html

Hope I got the right.
Shirley



They look neat, and handy

Els
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Old May 5th 06, 09:07 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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In article ,
Els van Dam wrote:

My biggest problem is the small writing on the computer.
On the internet most of the time you can enlarge, but not always.
Tiny print on different coloured backgrounds are murder. I give
up on websites that are unreadable. It is not worth my time.


I have held a magnifying glass up to the computer screen.
It worked pretty well.

=Tamar
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Old May 5th 06, 09:39 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Els Lazer seems to be the solution these days, but what a price that is,
never had it and will continue with my verifocals for reading and weaving
infact I wear them all the time and they are on a string too, or else I
would forget them.

higz cher


"Els van Dam" wrote in message
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In article , Shirley Shone
wrote:

Those magnifying glasses on strings are not very handy. If you have a
well endowed bosom like me, they stand out too far so it does not focus
on your work. I think a man must of invented them. Also the string cuts
in the back of your neck, and they are inclined to tip up. That type was
my first magnifying glass and was discarded quickly.
Using small beads I have tried quite a few. I ended up with the Mag Eyes
which work very well because you can also look over the top to look in
the distance or TV. They have about 4 sets of different strength lenses.
For taking on holiday I have a pair that clips on my glasses and they
flip up out of the way but are small so do not take up much room.

The Mag- Eyes are larger since they fasten on a head band and look a bit
like something out of space. LOL
I would say Mad-Eyes every time and several of my friends have got them
and agree with me.
Shirley


Shirley


I have both, the large glass that hangs around your neck, as well as the
clip on glassed. I also have a big bosom, but I made a kumihimo braid I
can adjust and so it does work for me,I use it when I do my crossword
puzzles. The clip on/ flip up glasses I use when I am weaving, so I can
thread the fine threads through my reed. I have a third one though. It
is a magnifying lens set in with a circular neon light. It has a long
pull out arm. That really works very well. I have it clamped to my work
table. There are all kinds of different solutions. My biggest problem is
the small writing on the computer. On the internet most of the time you
can enlarge, but not always. Tiny print on different coloured backgrounds
are murder. I give up on websites that are unreadable. It is not worth
my time..... LOL I guess we are all heading for magnifying lenses and
glasses.

Els



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Old May 5th 06, 09:41 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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Oh my...lol

higz cher


"Shirley Shone" wrote in message
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These are the ones that I have
http://www.btinternet.com/~mdg/mageyes.html

Hope I got the right.
Shirley



In message ,
spinninglilac writes
gawd the mind boggles as well as the eyes....I have the bossom mag glass,
and it isn't easy you are correct to big and busty, and breathing makes it
go up and down too...LOL. we have shops that sell mag glasses in various
thicknesses so you get a card to read and try on the numbered glasses,
half
glasses actually, and when you find the pair you can read comfortably in
without them pulling at your eyes that is the number you need...guess they
are the same except that these are made with arms and in a frame and look
like proper glasses.

higz Cher


"Shirley Shone" wrote in message
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Those magnifying glasses on strings are not very handy. If you have a
well
endowed bosom like me, they stand out too far so it does not focus on
your
work. I think a man must of invented them. Also the string cuts in the
back of your neck, and they are inclined to tip up. That type was my
first
magnifying glass and was discarded quickly.
Using small beads I have tried quite a few. I ended up with the Mag Eyes
which work very well because you can also look over the top to look in
the
distance or TV. They have about 4 sets of different strength lenses.
For taking on holiday I have a pair that clips on my glasses and they
flip
up out of the way but are small so do not take up much room.

The Mag- Eyes are larger since they fasten on a head band and look a bit
like something out of space. LOL
I would say Mad-Eyes every time and several of my friends have got them
and agree with me.
Shirley






In message ,
spinninglilac
writes
not sure what dye you'd use for this, and it would need soaking evenly,
most
home dyeing doesn't do evenly because the material gets creased or
folded
when in the dyepot. So I would suggest several goes at it,

BUT if your eyes aren't up to black, maybe using a magnifying glass
that
you have on a string around your neck, and it has a piece on it that
rests
on your chest, so everytime you look down, you would be looking through
the
mag glass.. These should be able to be purchased from those shops that
sell
things for cross stitch.. well that is what I would suggest making the
work
bigger to look at and thus not having to dye it... most dyes I do need
boiling to get the dye into the wool..

Perhaps others have a better solution to this, cheers...Cher
"YarnWright" wrote in message
...
For you more experienced dye-ers.... would an alpaca silk blend yarn
'dye-up' EVENLY?
Here's the scoop, I'm going to need a black shawl, and I mean BLACK
for
an
important event this summer. As you know, my eyes can't take it, even
using a white ragg/towel, whatever on my lap, so... I'm thinking of
dyeing
the shawl after I knit it up.
Whatcha think?
TIA,
Noreen

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Old May 5th 06, 09:48 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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well it all reminds me of this poem...hiz cher
Warning
by Jenny Joseph

WHEN I AM AN OLD WOMAN I SHALL WEAR PURPLE
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

Taken from the book
When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple
Editd by Sandra Martz
Papier Mache Press--Watsonville, California 1987

"Katherine" wrote in message
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Unfortunately, I won't be going white. I will just fade into a funny
looking blonde. It is went white - as Keith's hair did - that would be
great.

Higs,
Katherine

spinninglilac wrote:
Oh Katherine...I can't wait to go white.....lol I've never dyed my
hair, and am now getting little bits of grey...well quite a few
streaks, and it has gone alot lighter brown the rich dark brown it
has always been...perhaps when it goes really white I'll dye it
burgundy and that'll turn it a sort of shocking pink...and I'll wear
bright purple clothes and all that...when I go white..

higz Cher


"Katherine" wrote in message
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Well, yes, I am a natural redhead. But the ravages of time, alas,
have caused a gradual fading to more of a blonde, which I don't
really like. So I *enhance* it just a bit. g

Higs,
Katherine

YarnWright wrote:
wha????????
you mean you're NOT a natural.... ummmm, lets see if i remember....
redhead?
Noreen
who's got 'frosted' hair, to cover the natural greyfrosting that's
been steadily occurring.


Alas, Noreen, all I dye is my hair. Whoops, did I say that out
loud??? g

Higs,
Katherine

YarnWright wrote:
For you more experienced dye-ers.... would an alpaca silk blend
yarn 'dye-up' EVENLY?
Here's the scoop, I'm going to need a black shawl, and I mean
BLACK for an important event this summer. As you know, my eyes
can't take it, even using a white ragg/towel, whatever on my lap,
so... I'm thinking of dyeing the shawl after I knit it up.
Whatcha think?
TIA,
Noreen


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Old May 5th 06, 10:47 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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FOrtunately, chlorine has not so far reacted with my colour.

Higs,
Katherine

BB wrote:
Oh ha! I like that.....I "enhance" my hair color Then I go
swimming and chlorine enhances the enhancement...which is saying it
makes the blonde go even more blonde.

BB

Katherine wrote:
Well, yes, I am a natural redhead. But the ravages of time, alas,
have caused a gradual fading to more of a blonde, which I don't
really like. So I *enhance* it just a bit. g

Higs,
Katherine



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Old May 5th 06, 10:49 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
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spinninglilac wrote:
well it all reminds me of this poem...hiz cher
Warning
by Jenny Joseph


I love this poem, and have a copy in my dining room.

Higs,
Katherine


 




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