On 3/15/06, The Browns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > to explain how to work a stitch...
The word 'stitch' is even ambiguous! Hardly a 'stitch' is taken in making bobbin lace, in sewing terms. Like knitting and crochet, the 'stitch' is a complete set of movements, but unlike them, not performed with a 'hook or needle'. It is easy for the newcomer to be confused. > > Oh! for a pillow to demonstrate with. I don't think there is another > craft ,other than lace, where it is easier and quicker to show a Yes! The other day, at a lace club meeting a reporter was present. We gave her the quickest lesson possible. We had bobbins, thread and pillows handy but none set up as a 'have-a-go' pillow. One lacemaker cut thread off a spool of linen and wound bobbins, another truffled around to find an empty pillow, and large-headed pins. All the time the reporter scribbled notes as we talked. We (I) demonstrated how to make a plait, then she worked it. She had never handled linen thread before (let alone bobbins - but she was a natural) and remarked on its stiffness - then we discussed why linen was traditionally used (a whole 'nother topic - how do you cover history, preferences, industrial applications and agriculture in a sentence or two). She left with a small plaited triangle and quite a story. When we 'taught' her to plait, we gave numbers to the bobbins, re-numbering them after each move. I did not even go into the 'cross' and 'twist' terms for even those are ambiguous to the newcomer! It is only in lace that either have a right-left/left-right directional meaning!!! -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com blogging lace at www.looonglace.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
