Re: [lace] Demonstrating
I absolutely agree with Vicki on this one. The need to make lace backwards when. You have a mistake and just can't ignore it taught me patience. I leant in my early 20s and at that age I thought there was no time for anything. If I made a mistake in may other craft I would work round it but in lacemaking, if you made a mistake the bobbins simple weren't where you needed them and you had to go backwards. I've learnt that some mistakes can be ignored and the finish piece looks fine other times no. A bit like life really. Kind Regards Liz Baker > On 14 Dec 2013, at 01:07, Vicki Bradford wrote: > > To?the usual 'never have the patience' comment. > My response is that it gives me patience rather than taking it, and that I am > much more relaxed after I've been able to work on my lace..(-: ? - 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/
[lace] Lace exchange
Hi All, My second exchange card came today. A beautiful square motif in orange, blue and purple from Jenny Brandis! Some of my favorite colors! It's quite lovely and I'm quite intrigued with the color change in the middle. What fun! Thanks to the cooridinators for putting this together and to Jenny for showing the pieces! Jane in Vermont, USA where a big storm is headed our way with possibly lots of snow jvik...@sover.net - 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/
[lace] RE: [LACE] what to see/visit in Nice
Hello everyone,  In 2009 or 2010 I think it was, I spent a few weeks in Nice . One afternoon I went to a nearby hill village, Grasse, that is particularly celebrated for perfume. I found a small museum at the top of the village near the main road with a beautiful display of local costumes and lace. There was supposed to be another museum in the village, an official village museum with lace at the bottom of the village near the train station but, as I had spent so much time in the costume museum, I never made it to the bottom of the town.  I took a bus from the central bus station in Nice using information that I could read on a large board. I knew from my language school that any bus ride cost 1 euro. It took a long time for the bus to reach Grasse. I suspect the local train would have been faster but the bus ride was very scenic.  My experience with French museums is that the best ones are in villages or small towns. I have found them to have the most interesting collections of stuff with a surprising amount of lace. There was one in Saintes that was fascinating, and the way in was to first ring a bell by pushing a button on the gate opening onto the street. The gate was not locked. One could easily open it up as we did at first, walk up to the door, and peer in the window at a y oung woman at a desk in the foyer, but that did not get the door open. There was a tiny sign on the door that said something about "la grille" and "la sonnette". Discouraged, walking out the gate again, I turned around to look longingly at the museum, and only then noticed a doorbell button on the gate.  Aha! A lightbulb turned on in my brain .  I pushed the button, and voila, the young lady got up from her desk and opened the door for me in a most friendly way.  Sally Schoenberg Bellingham Washington  - 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/
Re: [lace] Demonstrating
Dear Fellow Spiders, To?the usual 'never have the patience' comment. My response is that it gives me patience rather than taking it, and that I am much more relaxed after I've been able to work on my lace..(-: ? Next, no, it isn't hard. (To me, some things are tedious, but if I can grasp them conceptually I don't think they should be described as 'hard'. I think to say 'yes, it is hard' only puts people off.) But then I proceed to tell why it isn't hard. Rather than saying it is all 'cross & twist', I say it is mostly 'right over left or left over right', making the motion as I say it. It is a kind of weaving, but two rows at a time.Most children (and adults) have woven potholders and understand the concept of basic weaving. If they ask about how I know what to do, I show them that there is a pattern that tells me. If they ask how I can understand the pattern, I ask if they can read music (which thankfully often elicits a yes...but if not, there are other examples). It's just notation that you learn to interpret. And finally, when I still get the look of skepticism, I remind them that computers only use zeros and ones, and it is in the combining of many simple things that something complex results. So zero & one, cross & twistyes, it moves on from there, but it does cover the essentials and their eyes show them that there is a bit more to it. Vicki in Maryland - 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/
