curtain stretcher

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 10/11/02 10:12:03 AM, laurence.horn at YALE.EDU writes:

<< >Lace curtains, after being washed (with Lux at our house), were taken
>outside and placed on a wooden frame with metal pins that the edges of the
>curtains were attached to; after it dried

during which time the curtains were waiting on tenterhooks, but not
on pins and needles

>it could be ironed. >>

Hmmm, sounds painful.