I agree. Tatting is 3 movements to doing it. I say the same for bobbin lacemaking even tho technically it is 2. once you master these movements, you can grow into all else. I shuttle tat and have demonstrated and held a class where i gift kits (ready wound shuttles, etc.) at Americana Days - historical society events. one year i even had my picture in the paper with my night cap stringing a dipped candle. i have more fun and people just love being near a new thing being done with a smile.
i just believe that a project should be fast for "trying" and if you finish it, you get it to take home. that way you are still thinking about the doing. I do this for the pillows that others play with and try out. But so there is adult interest as food for thought, i have a Milanese motif that i work. When doing an Americana Day event, i have a table with 6-12 pillows with a start of different laces that caters to more folks. I do an owl in Honiton on a Honiton pillow, have several sizes of cookie pillows. I made a place mat pillow to "show" travel opportunities. I made a pillow that started out like a honiton pillow but ended up more like a basketball that sits nicely in a salad bowl where i have a project on the top and one on the side (yardage). then i got a spool from braid at the store and topped it with a 7" cookie pillow which with an elastic cover on the pillow keeps it together so the bobbins can hang down like icicles. when i was thinner, the spool went under my thighs and my thighs slipped into the braid space so it sat on my lap securly. you can never demonstrate all the various opportunities for this craft. we are only limited by our imagination and this is on craft that affords lots of creative license. the variety tho will appeal to someone. the snake is instant gratification, useful as a bookmark and because i use metallic thread in the middle, it is appealing and eye catching. do you "need" it, probably not and my mother who was deathly afraid of snakes would not appreciate it other than to look at it. but you might be able to take it home if you work and master the method. yes, provide the look of more beautiful lace making but also cater to the doer that will remember with a token in hand afterwards. once i was found by a youngster with snake in hand a year afterwards. they wanted to show me they loved having it even after a year. what better reward. Hugs, Lin and the Mali *Mistakes are beautiful. Mistakes are part of the fun.* - 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/
