On 3/15/06, Jane Partridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> , bevw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
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> > It is easy for the newcomer to be
> >confused.
> >
> if you have a knitter, explaining that each pair
> of threads/bobbins is virtually the equivalent of one of their stitches,
Our news reporter figured that out right away (being a knitter) - but
she did ask that we simplify our explanations, there being a lot of
information to absorb. We had very little time because she would be
leaving for another assignment.
> but why sort out "special"
> equipment -
This I have done (letting them work on my pillow) if my pattern is
reasonably simple. It is also nice for a newcomer to have the chance
to work quietly on the have-a-go setup, once we have the basics
sorted out - and often my patterns of choice tend to be quirky. If I
would be sharing my pillow, as it were, I would have a Brugges flower
work pattern on it.
One of my local lace groups has a permanent try-sie pillow which
attends demos with the lacemakers. The same short bit of tape lace has
been worked, undone and reworked countless times. The bobbins are
'beginner' variety but nice to handle (actually have developed their
own patina from many hands using them!), and the thread is a pearl
cotton 5, has withstood the handling as well.
> In class, yes, my beginners do work a bandage - starting with half
I don't start with the bandage any more - I now start with a plait,
then assign a small piece using two plaits or depending on the person,
the 'eternelle' stitch so that right away they have something lacey
that they have made. I take it from there depending on their skill,
whether we do a bandage, adapt the 'eternelle' with a sewing edge, or
go to experimenting with grounds. One of my students never did make
the bandage - she liked the idea that the plaits could be adjoined
like a macramé knot fringe, then we did Torchon ground, added tallies,
the sewing edge and picots. She figured out the CTC and CT trails
later when the elements were in an edging pattern. My beginners are
mostly retirees whose puzzle-solving skills are well honed from doing
other work. They then discovered they were lacemakers ;)
('eternelle' - I don't know it by any other name - with two sets of
two pairs one beside the other, *work CTCT, pin, CTCT with both, CTCT
the middle pairs to change 'weavers' repeat from * down a pricking of
two columns of vertical dots like the 6 dots below).
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Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada)
Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com
blogging lace at www.looonglace.blogspot.com
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