Oh Liz! After nearly two decades of lace demo-ing, I thought I'd heard them all, but the comment you report is the best! Now we know why our lace sometimes goes awry - it's the un-fortunate juxtaposition of maleficent spangles that does it! My previous favourite misconception/ comment was on a flight between the US and UK, while I worked at my travel pillow (in the days when it was still permitted, and before everyone had laptops.) A flight attendant said "Wow, whatever is that? I thought you'd got a decorated typewriter!" (and then brought her colleagues to watch the true explanation and demonstration.) However, I must confess to possibly influencing the "something for your hair" comment, through time and space. When I was first learning lace and starting to paint and spangle my own bobbins, my daughter, aged about four, remarked that they would look pretty in her hair. so I fastened a pair to a pony tail band with coloured ribbons and she wore them to nursery school. Soon I was making up similar ones for her little classmates, but I never thought the "fashion" had survived or spread beyond Saffron Walden, England!
On another matter, since I'm posting after a long hiatus (while moving from Ottawa to London, Ontario and grappling with the problems of our "new" (1907) house): are any of you Spiders resident within reach of London or aware of any lace groups in this part of S/W Ontario? "Nina in Ontario," who asked a similar question a few years ago - are you still out there, making lace? I'd love to connect with some lacers nearby, as it's as long a drive back to Ottawa as it was from Ottawa to see my lace friends in PA and NJ. (Greetings, gals - I hope to see you again soon!) Pam, now in London, Ontario, where Spring has come at last and the lawns are laced with snowdrops, scillas and crocus! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
