Karen, You described using brightly colored threads for your beginners so that you can reference which pair of bobbins to address. A technique I used when I was working a very complex pattern was to trace the pathways of my pattern using colored pencils. Then I placed color matched elastics onto the corresponding bobbins. I found it very easy to determine which bobbin pairs were associated with each portion of my pattern. I also had glass head pins in matching colors when I needed to use dividers.
Deborah > On Sep 29, 2020, at 1:27 PM, Karen Thompson <karenhthomp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Antje and other potential virtual teachers, > I like to keep the virtual classes very small, 4-6 depending on their level > of lacemaking skills. You can have the students send photos or have them > scare their screen. Then you can annotate but that all takes extra time. I > teach on Zoom and use "spotlight" to watch each student in turn, like > walking around the classroom. For the beginners, I have them use bright > colored threads, so I can say "the red pair, etc." which helps a lot. If > the threads are all the same color, it is pretty much as you say "take the > second pair on the left and pull very slightly to the left... no, not so > strong... a bit further up!!..." It is a bit crazy. Having good, clear > diagrams helps a lot, and demonstrating with large threads and pins also > helps. Virtual teaching is different from in-person teaching but a lot > better than no teaching at all as far as I am concerned. I practice by > logging into a second device from a different email account so I can see > what the students see. In Zoom I have bought a subscription so I can stay > on for more than 40 minutes at a time. Some lace guilds here have invested > in that, so their members can use the account for teaching. Since we are > all interested in promoting lacemaking, we need to adapt. The virtual > classroom is especially good for introducing younger students to lace. > > > -Karen on the Atlantic coast in Delaware, USA. > > >> >> >> >> > > - > 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/
