I made a small introduction course of about 6 lessons in which beginning
students learn the basic stitches as cloth stitch, whole stitch and half
stitch, after thant a simple pieces of Schneeberg lace to learn the plaits and
how to combine different stitches, corners a a few simple Torchon laces
Hello all,
I completely agree Alex! I start my students with Torchon but if the struggle
with the steps I have them do some braiding first.
My goal as an instructor is primarily to get students excited about lace and to
understand what they are doing so they can go off into the world and make
Hi Arachnids
I have always taught torchon first, but if a student struggles I change to
Beds. Everyone is different. Some find the geometrical structure of torchon
easier to manage, others find the flow of Beds easier. To me, the answer is to
be flexible.
There is always more to learn, adapt and