I have been following the discussion about the future of lace and the importance of bringing in new membership. I know that here in the states I am usually the youngest person in a class, and I just had my 40th birthday a few weeks back. I see it both locally and on the national level; we are not attracting a lot of new membership. I have been concerned about this and will be facilitating a forum at the 2012 I.O.L.I. convention called Netting the Small Fry. The motivation for this forum is to bring people together and open a discussion about finding, encouraging and supporting new lace makers. It is geared toward bringing in children as well as young adults. I am currently assembling a panel of people who will present ideas. All attendees are encouraged to bring in whatever ideas and/or patterns they have found useful in working with children, demonstrating and intriguing young adults. If you are unable to attend, please consider this an invitation to send something directly to me and I will bring it along to share. I am working with someone on the education committee to bring the results of our forum to a special page on the I.O.L.I website. If you are interested in participating in any capacity, please send me an email off list to k...@wirelace.net
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