Have you thought of selecting one of the beginner books (something you already own and they could purchase too) and work through the progression in the book. Also an exercise using different color thread on each pair as they work through the various 'stitches and edge techniques' is a good learning tool. They can see just how each pair/thread moves.
Lorri ----- Original Message ----- From: Elizabeth Shipp<mailto:ship...@googlemail.com> To: lace@arachne.com<mailto:lace@arachne.com> Sent: 04/06/2010 5:18 AM Subject: [lace] teaching beginners Hi all, I have two colleagues who have now started bobbin lace and want to continue. I started each of them with cloth stitch (CTC), just making a narrow strip to get the movements and the "rules" of bobbin lace down. I'm not sure that I am the best teacher they could have, as once I had had the first couple lessons I just jumped in at the deep end and started splashing around with great abandon. My planning for these ladies is, more or less in this order: - cloth stitch ground (already introduced) - whole stitch (CTCT) - trading working and footside pairs - half-stitch ground (CT) - braids / plaits (CTCT ad infinitum) - various other grounds as needed for their chosen laces; one colleague has chosen Bucks/Bayeux, one has yet to choose as she just started today - gimps - working through a series of patterns in their chosen lace(s), introducing new techniques Does this sound like a reasonable progression? Am I leaving anything out? Thanks for your help! Best regards Elizabeth - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com<mailto:majord...@arachne.com> containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here<mailto:y...@address.here>. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com<mailto:arachnemodera...@yahoo.com> - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
