Last Saturday I taught what was supposed to be a continuation bobbin lace class at my guild, but we decided to throw it open to new people and we advertised it locally near the library where we meet. We got five new people trying their hand at it and I think we have four new lacemakers. The other lady really only came to accompany her friend, but who knows maybe she will come again. I heard from three of the beginners, one had come to the end of the torchon bookmark on Sunday and wanted to know how to finish it. I was going to demonstrate that but the class took longer than expected.
It was a difficult class for beginners as we started with a torchon ground (tcpintc) diamond and then went into cloth stitch (CTC) and whole stitch (CTCT) fans divided by torchon ground. Most of them managed to get two or three repeats done during the class time. I had lots of help from other guild members who sat alongside the beginners and a number of our members also made the bookmark as their continuation class. One person paid her dues and we hope to see the others back again next month, especially as we rented them our kits with a returnable deposit. When we first arrived at the library we had a panic as they were holding a book sale and all our tables were out on the grass covered with books. The library staff were very good and scoured the library for tables we could use for the class and then they nicely returned our rent money for the day. We had about 24 people to accommodate and we were sat around about 8 tables of different sizes and heights and the air conditioning had not been turned on. Saturday topped 90 degrees with humidity. You could have poured me out of the room in the afternoon! Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
