In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Carol Adkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >How long do people think it takes to make lace? She'd been watching me for >quite some time, so she must have realised it isn't a speedy occupation.
I was demonstrating at Coventry (Myth or Mystery exhibition) today - and the one realistic view of this we had was from a bloke! From what he said, it appears his mother had made lace, and he learnt to (and escaped when he left home) embroider - but still does cross stitch. He brought his son round the exhibition - an approximately 11 yr old - disappointed because the WW1 exhibition had finished, but we talked him into having a go at lace and he got on quite well. While going round the exhibition his dad was asking how long he thought things took to make. The lad did choose and vote for his favourite piece, too. First success of the day was to teach a lady to tat - she got the transfer straight off, and the most humorous comment award must go to the bloke (in his fifties at a guess) who asked why Cash's didn't have anything in the exhibition? Cash's are a famous Coventry firm specialising in woven tapes (particularly the customised ones for naming kid's clothing etc), and they do have pieces in the Godiva Exhibition on the ground floor, but not in the Lace Guild exhibition - my reply was that they hadn't entered the competition! There were a couple of girls (one about 8-9, the other about 10-12) who picked up the bobbin lace stitches straight off, the older of the two trying first, and working the stitches faster than I normally do, even though she had never done so before! She even came back for another go before their other two friends/sisters dragged them off. I'm working a garter at the moment, and I know I could do it in three weeks given the time, but working full time hours at the moment means I don't get as much spare time as I would like. BTW, Sue Babbs' Ring a Ring a Roses has now been put back on it's stand - it had fallen over when we went for the presentation. -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
