I was a programmer/designer for 42 years mostly at AT&T and Bell Labs and I watched the bobbin lace my mother did (she was a pre-med grad) for years - she started in 1976 - but I didn't start lace myself until a little over 2 years ago when I found a local group and started with them. I was a math major in college and I also write Scottish Country dances. I see my love of figures and patterns (abstract algebra was my favorite subject) as all related to each of these areas of interest.
Sue McKinnell (outside Chicago, USA) On 5/27/2018 5:51 PM, Anita Hansen wrote: > Hi Sharon, > I first saw and discovered such a thing called bobbin lace in the early > 1980ââ¬â¢s but I didnââ¬â¢t take my first lace class until 1996. > However, I was indeed a software engineer (we preferred that term over > computer programmer as we also did software design) in 1983-4+. Around this > timeframe our company (Rockwell Collins) was an early adapter of the Ada > programming > language!https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_(programming_language) > I worked with Ada for the rest of my career at the company. My lace work > has been mostly after leaving my job in 2000. Again, I donââ¬â¢t see any > relevance between code and lace. But it was fun learning about Countess Ada > Lovelace and her work with Charles Babbage as one of the first females to > ââ¬Åprogramââ¬Â a computer! > Anita Hansen > Cedar Rapids, Iowa ... where I have been busy this past week sewing bobbin > bags! > > - > To unsubscribe send email tomajord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lacey...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > -- Susan mckinnelll...@suedan.com http://suedan.com "I love cats because I enjoy my home, and little by little, they become its visible soul" - Jean Cocteau - 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/
