That is a FANTASTIC IDEA!!!! I use Meetup.com myself for a lot to f interest groups like oil painting sit & sips, historic architecture lectures, knitting, etc., but I had never thought about using it for this purpose mainly because I'm already connected with the "lace ladies", so it would be a silly way to communicate--unless I were trying to connect to and attract a younger crowd.
Actually, I'm picturing a Lacemaking Sit and Sip, and it could be totally creative!!!!!! Thank, Amanda ' night! Beth Virginia "Beth" Harpell Historic Property Specialist www.HistoricHouseHunter.com 973-650-1637 Cell 973-770-7777 Office RE/MAX House Values 101 Landing Road Roxbury, NJ 07850 RE/MAX 100% Club & NJAR Circle of Excellence > On Jul 22, 2016, at 12:30 AM, Amanda Babcock Furrow <la...@quandary.org> > wrote: > > I had already had some thoughts on this and I had noticed recently that > the thriving knitting groups use Meetup.com to get together - that seems > to be where the 20 and 30-something crowd look for events. I did think > of tatting and Teneriffe as gateway interests, if you will, and I was > thinking that lacemaking meetups (using Meetup.com), with a focus on > welcoming lace knitters and crocheters as well as other kinds of lace, > could be a great way to expose people to all the other options - tatting, > Teneriffe, needlelace and of course bobbinlace! > > Amanda Furrow > Philly, Pennsylvania, US > >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:34:00PM -0400, Beth Harpell wrote: >> I think getting the word out about lacemaking is the main thing. I'm at the >> IOLI convention and specifically learned to tat and bought a book on how to >> make Teneriffe lace just so I can (in my own small way) make lacemaking more >> visible to others and more portable for myself. I want to be able to strike >> up a conversation about lace when someone asks what I'm doing, and be able >> to show them how easy and mobile it can be. >> >> I think if each of us goes out of our way, in consistent, small ways, to >> spread the word about lacemaking, as has happened for knitting and crochet, >> we can make a definite impact. I don't feel it's celebrities that >> millennials are copying, I really feel that they're trying to get back to >> artisan skills and crafts, and have begun to appreciate more handmade and >> homemade items than in the past 20 years or so. Riding the coattails of a >> resurgence in handcrafts can be a very positive thing. >> >> Virginia "Beth" Harpell >> Historic Property Specialist >> www.HistoricHouseHunter.com >> 973-650-1637 Cell >> 973-770-7777 Office >> RE/MAX House Values >> 101 Landing Road >> Roxbury, NJ 07850 >> RE/MAX 100% Club >> & NJAR Circle of Excellence >> >> >>> On Jul 21, 2016, at 10:46 PM, Marianne Gallant <m...@shaw.ca> wrote: >>> >>> I think the main reason that millennials are so interested in knitting >>> and crochet is because celebrities have been seen to do these crafts >>> while waiting around. >>> The main thing is that it is so portable. Bobbin lace is not really >>> portable, so it makes it more difficult to take it in your purse to do >>> while waiting at the doctors office or at your kid's ball game or hockey >>> game. Though I guess to get more people interested in at least some >>> lacemaking is with tatting, it is very portable. >>> I think it is going to be very difficult to make bobbin lace >>> 'mainstream', though encouraging young artists will probably help. >>> >>> >>> *Marianne* >>> >>> Marianne Gallant >>> Vernon, BC Canada >>> m...@shaw.ca >>> http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca, https://www.facebook.com/GallantCreation/ >>> >>>> On 21/07/2016 1:10 PM, dagmar.bec...@gmail.com wrote: >>>> One thing I have been interested in recently, is how popular crocheting >>>> and knitting has become in the last few years and how it has become one of >>>> the staples in a modern woman's toolbox. As I recently read in a novel, >>>> knitting is on the Modern Woman's List of Things To Do before Turning 30. >>>> I'm not sure at which point or what made it so, but as you walk Michaels >>>> today you can see how mainstream it has become from potholder weaving >>>> looms to rainbow bracelets. How can we do the same for lace? >>>> Perhaps the road is, just as you suggested, through the millennial artist, >>>> if he/she can make a living at it, then it can become uniquely artistic; >>>> rather than a forgotten craft. >>> >>> - >>> 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/ >> >> - >> 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/ > > - > 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/ - 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/
