At 06:23 AM 4/13/2009 -0400, Brenda wrote: >...I also got >the impression that some of the less experienced lacemakers (less than >5 years) used to do other things but have dropped them all in favour of >lacemaking.
Not just the less experienced ones--that's what I did back in '93 or so! >Bead work has more followers than the other crafts - I wonder >if that was from people who play with beads whilst spangling their >bobbins? Not in my case--lacy beadwork (netting, knitted beadwork, etc) led me into proper lace, and I never looked back, though I still incorporate beads into my wire lace when I can. And I *don't* use spangled bobbins, because the beads I like are either too small, or much, *much* too large for spangles, and anyway it just doesn't seem "right" to me. >please tell me which questions you would like asked. About collecting >lace? bobbins? books? How you first learned BL? Why you wanted to >learn BL? what do you use your lace for? anything else? All of those questions sound good to me, and might help in learning how best to get new people interested in BL, for that matter. Keep it anonymous and I'll answer just about anything you care to ask! <VBG> Sue from Raleigh, NC (there are a lot of Sues on Arachne, aren't there!) Susan Lambiris Raleigh, NC http://home.earthlink.net/~slambiris/ - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
