As promised, I am reporting back from our needle lace class yesterday.
Personnally, I only got as far as couching down the outline thread for a
five-petalled flower.
As a result of the position I was working in, I developed a thumping
headache (quite common as
a result of a childhood accident), which still has not subsided yet.
Most of the group were beginners, only a few had done needle lace before.
One is actually a member of the UK Guild of Needle Lacers:
http://guildofneedlelaces.org
and has a wonderful domed wooden box which she bought from them a few
years ago,
the top is used as a pillow as described by several Arachne members.
However, the top is hinged and tilts backward to reveal a nice storage box.
Our lace teacher has a home made roll, covered in cloth, I estimate it
is 30 cm long with a diameter of
15cm. To make working on it easier, she uses a chop stick to lift the
material sufficiently.
I will have another go when I find the time to do so, but for the moment
will stick with bobbin lace,
as I don't have nearly eanough time to do that on top of teaching.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
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