Hi Clay In my experience those with a maths bias tend to be more accurate and can understand how the threads work. In the many years I have been teaching I have come across many who show this ability and who should have been good at maths, but sadly for some reason or other it did not happen. Starting my career teaching maths/science I have always been interested to find out why not. Surprisingly sometimes it was as simple as returning to school after an illness to find the subject had moved on and they feeling they could not catch up assumed they could not do it. Just because a person thinks she cannot do maths does not mean that the ability to think logically and âseeâ straight lines is not there.
Being mathematical is not at the expense of being creative. You can be both, although there are some who require perfection and making lace that is geometrically accurate is essential. These lacemakers prefer the geometrical laces and find it very hard to make floral Bucks and the Lester type Beds in which judgement is frequently made between two techniques, neither of which will give a perfect result. Fortunately there are so many different forms of lacemaking that we can all find plenty to satisfy our individual needs. Happy lacemaking whichever type you make and whether you can do maths or not. Alex - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
