Lyn, there's no way you bore us!
To the lurkers....
It does seem that those of us who post are those who have been on the
list for quite a while, and thus feel comfortable in doing so and making
the occasional error! There have been times in the past, particularly
at the busy family times of year (October half term, coinciding with
Thanksgiving in the US, seems to be one of those) when occasionally
tempers have run short and people have, possibly not meaning to, snapped
at others in replies to messages.
Those who have been on the list for years, and in particular the Chat
list, will remember that Tamara donned her "flame-proof undies" to
filter the jokes that were just a little too risqué - we have to
remember that lacemakers have children who occasionally read over
shoulders :-).
The biggest problem on any list is that no-one can see the big grin
written across your face as you make a witty response, and in plain text
it can come across as anything but witty.
However, where the lace list is concerned, please don't assume that if
we post something that you don't agree with, that your opinion isn't
valid - or that you have nothing to contribute, sometimes expressing
things in slightly different words can help the penny to drop for
someone who doesn't understand a point; a different way of working a
stitch, which gives the same results, may be easier for some to grasp
than the way the rest of us were taught - your contribution is valid and
welcome.
Quite simply, if you don't agree with someone and feel strongly enough
to respond, do so gently, explaining why you don't agree; if you find
that a post has helped you, then post and say thank you - this feedback
can be of great help even to those who have been teaching for years.
When you don't know someone personally it is sometimes difficult to know
if they are new to lace or have been teaching it for centuries, but as
one of my students once put it, there is always something new to learn
in lace, and that applies as much to us "old hands" as it does to the
newest lacemakers.
If we all treat each other with the respect we expect to receive, then
there is no reason for anyone to be afraid of posting.
In message <2E7FA168B384452B85DD8F89E29F4DCC@Cecily>, Lyn Bailey
<lynrbai...@desupernet.net> writes
I may have sent the same long message twice. Not as bad as failing to
trim but I hope you will excuse the gaffe. Didn't mean to bore you
folks twice. lrb
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