From: Noelene Lafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've been having a discussion with some Australian lacemaking > friends about > whether photocopied prickings should be supplied to participants > before a > workshop, so that they can prepare their prickings properly before the > workshop begins.
In my opinion, it can depend on the lace. A coarse or simple pattern doesn't necessarily need pre-pricking anyway, or only takes a little while. The tape laces could fall into this category, or Honiton (not that it's coarse! but it takes relatively few pinholes to make a tiny motif). However, with the finer point ground laces, where there are a lot of pinholes close together, I'd sure like the pattern in advance. But then some teachers come prepared with several patterns for students to choose among, and the students need to talk to the teacher about their ability so she can steer beginners to the simpler patterns and find appropriate challenges for the more advanced. And someone who doesn't know this particular lace (after all, that's often why we take the class) may not be able to judge how difficult the pattern really is just from its pricking. It would be very hard for a teacher to send the prickings in advance so they could be pricked. Who should she send each pattern to? Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
