Weronika, I heartily echo everything that everyone has said about attending the IOLI Convention. I've only been to two, Denver will be my third, and I have been looking forward to this for the entire year. I'm lucky to have an understanding husband who encourages and makes sacrifices so that I can attend. I take as many courses as I can cram into the time alloted. My first year I took two bobbin lace courses, one in the morning and a different one in the afternoon. They were different enough that I didn't get confused, and yet things I learned in each class helped the other class. When I got home that year from Ann Arbor, my husband said that he knew I learned a lot because I no longer muttered "twist, cross" while making lace. That week of submersion in lace trained my fingers as well as my brain.
And how often do we get to spend time with *hundreds* of other people that have the same passion we do? I was so pumped up after Harrisburg last year that even my family and friends that humor me in my obsession have looked at my lace in the last year in a new (and admiring) light. I may not be able to attend every convention every year, but if I can afford it, and if there are classes that excite me (multiple choices this year) then I am going to make every effort to attend. Each convention I've attend has far exceeded my expections and raised my excitement about lace and trying new things. Hope to see you in Denver! Diane Williams Galena, Illinois USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Weronika Patena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Who's going to the IOLI convention this year? And > for people who've been > before, what's it like? I'm thinking of going, but > it is pretty expensive, now > that I've actually added it all up - do you think > it's worth it? > Explaining to my husband why I want to spend $1000 > on a lace conference isn't > easy either... <g> > > Weronika > > -- > Weronika Patena > Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA > http://vole.stanford.edu/weronika > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
