It appears that I won't, afterall, spend as much time pontificating as
I'd thought I would tonight(everyone breathe a sigh of relief <g>); SIL
called to say her son is engaged, and it took nearly an hour of oohs
and aaahs to discuss the ramifications (we all had, basically, given up
on him; he's 42)
On Oct 25, 2005, at 18:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robin) wrote, in
response to Devon:
Then there are the knitting stores. Of course they like to sponsor
classes
that will sell the fancy yarns. Any other thoughts? Space in New York
is very
expensive
Pittsburgh Lace Group demonstrated at a yarn store on National
Lacemaking Day (1 October) and then had a meeting there. The owner was
inpired to hire one of us to teach a BL class there. Unfortunately,
that store died, but the principle is sound. Ask about demonstrating
or meeting at knitting stores and see what develops!
The Norfolk/VA Beach (Virginia, USA) group used to meet at a
"needlework" store - carried supplies for all sorts of textile hobbies.
It's good for the store: many lacemakers "carry over" and practice
textile crafts other than lacemaking (so buy supplies for those, even
if they have no use for them in lacemaking per se). Many threads used
for quilting and embroidery and for (plain) knitting, crochet etc can
also be used in lacemaking (BL, NL, tatting, and _fancy_ knitting and
crochet).
What I also noticed about that particular set-up was that the room
where the lacemakers met had a big table in the centre, and the display
of shop's supplies on the walls all around. IOW, an off-the-street
shopper was almost bound to see the lacemakers in the middle. Annoying
for the dedicated lacemakers, possibly, but a great opportunity for a
"lace-tease". And, once you've done all your looking around and came to
the cash register, the dates for the lace meetings and classes were
posted, with duplicate (take one) sheets right there. Doubtless, for
every 20 sheets picked up, only one will "fruit" as a person who
follows up. But then, we're not God making a judgement in Sodom... :)
I think that _all textile_ stores are worth exploring as meeting venues
which offer exposure. Knitting, quilting, needlepoint, cross-stitch...
Beed ones also, though most of textiles now include beads, and already
scaled to suit...
I keep getting mailings from the G-Street Fabric Store (once upon a
time a single shop in Washington, DC; 5 stories high + an annex for
decorator needs). The original store is gone, alas, but there are
several sprouts, in the suburban-DC area. None are as awesome as the
original, but all have classes in everything, from "useful" to "total
crap". But I've never seen a lace class - not in any technique, not
even the most modern type... (plunge into coarse thread, with lots of
colour straight off; achieve a toilet sign in 4 hrs)
Why not?
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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