Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
The Mouzons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the talk about getting youger people interested in lacemaking made me wonder...how did you find out about lacemaking? About 13 years ago I was in my local library with my SIL to pick up our sons from a reading group and there was a glass case with bobbin lace on display and a notice of a local group starting and beginners welcome for classes. BL is not native to this part of the UK (North Scotland) but we have 2 big RAF air bases near us with lots of RAF wives from all over the UK and Moray Lacemakers was started by 3 of them. All of the founders have moved on - as is the way with the forces - but they left a great legacy. jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
The Mouzons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the talk about getting youger people interested in lacemaking made me wonder...how did you find out about lacemaking? About 13 years ago I was in my local library with my SIL to pick up our sons from a reading group and there was a glass case with bobbin lace on display and a notice of a local group starting and beginners welcome for classes. BL is not native to this part of the UK (North Scotland) but we have 2 big RAF air bases near us with lots of RAF wives from all over the UK and Moray Lacemakers was started by 3 of them. All of the founders have moved on - as is the way with the forces - but they left a great legacy. jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
The Mouzons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the talk about getting youger people interested in lacemaking made me wonder...how did you find out about lacemaking? About 13 years ago I was in my local library with my SIL to pick up our sons from a reading group and there was a glass case with bobbin lace on display and a notice of a local group starting and beginners welcome for classes. BL is not native to this part of the UK (North Scotland) but we have 2 big RAF air bases near us with lots of RAF wives from all over the UK and Moray Lacemakers was started by 3 of them. All of the founders have moved on - as is the way with the forces - but they left a great legacy. jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
The Mouzons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the talk about getting youger people interested in lacemaking made me wonder...how did you find out about lacemaking? About 13 years ago I was in my local library with my SIL to pick up our sons from a reading group and there was a glass case with bobbin lace on display and a notice of a local group starting and beginners welcome for classes. BL is not native to this part of the UK (North Scotland) but we have 2 big RAF air bases near us with lots of RAF wives from all over the UK and Moray Lacemakers was started by 3 of them. All of the founders have moved on - as is the way with the forces - but they left a great legacy. jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
Hi Spiders, I saw a Dryad kit in a craft shop window in Colchester - and nagged on about it every quarter of an hour for fifteen minutes, till Christmastime. Well - surprisingly, it was in my Christmas stocking. but when I opened it all up, I nearly had conniptions. I couldn't understand the Raie Clare patterns, didn't know what the beads and wire were for, and wondered what on earth I was to do with this box of goodies which I couldn't use. Providentially, a friend and a couple of associates were taking over an unused church in the next village to me, as a craft centre, and she rang me to tell me of the new craft classes they were starting after Christmas. I turned down the pottery - clay is too yucky - turned down the patchwork (could teach that myself, if necessary!) and several other things until as a last resort she said Well - what about bobbin lace, then!Talk about the Good Lord looking after fools and drunks!I set out on my bike immediately to sign on - and that was twenty-six years ago, and the fascination has never waned at all! But would you believe - there were five students in Joy's class then, and of those students, three of us were called Carol. Carol - in Suffolk UK. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:08 AM Subject: Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace? - Original Message - From: The Mouzons [EMAIL PROTECTED] All the talk about getting youger people interested in lacemaking made me wonder...how did you find out about lacemaking? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I believe that my nan started lace when she was looking after one of her grand-daughters who was still a tiny baby. That tiny baby grew into a school kid who got bored in the holidays so Nan started teaching the kid and her two cousins. Roll forward 20 years and that kid is now quite grown-up and picked up lace again last year as an escape from a Physics degree :o) Interestingly, my two cousins who are both on some form of graphics-y, textile-y design-y courses haven't kept the lace up, but I have. Perhaps it's because it is the only creative thing I do, apart from very occasionally doing crafts with the Guides. Helen Helen, Somerset, UK Forget the formulae, let's make lace -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.361 / Virus Database: 267.12.5/149 - Release Date: 25/10/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
I had seen bobbin lacing at an event and thought it was really neat, but being in the middle of college, I didn't really have time to pursue it. Lucky for me, my mom also thought it was interesting. When my parents were on a travel sabbatical, my father ended up in Colorado doing some Air Force Reserve stuff. My mom had days to herself, so she looked through the local yellow pages to find all the yarn/craft/hobby shops. One of the shops she found was offering bobbin lace lessons, which she immediately got involved in. And luckily for me, my mom and I have this arrangement: Whatever she learns, she passes on to me and whatever I learn, I pass on to her. When she came back (and I had summer vacation), she taught me half, whole and cloth stitch and then handed me Cook's The Torchon Lace Workbook and a love affair began. I have to admit, I am currently in a non-lacing period of my life. Having a two year old and a newborn really bites into my lacing time. The pillow lives upstairs where my DD can't get into it, but it means that I rarely get into it either. But I am looking forward to making lace again when I get my act together. Cathy in Newark, Delaware, USA __ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
I was going through a tough patch having just had a second miscarriage in less than a year and felt a strong need to be creative. That was late summer 1975, and a local department store were displaying (part of) one of the Battle of Britain lace panels in a window. They are 65 wide and 15 yards long! Nottingham Leavers lace. I was fascinated by it and stood looking at it for as long as 3 year old DD would allow. The label said that a limited number of the panels were made and then the patterns destroyed. I knew it wasn't based on knitting, crochet or embroidery, it didn't look like regular weaving but I didn't have a clue as to how it was made. However I knew that the local Adult Ed college offered classes in pillow lace, maybe it was that! Emma was about to start two mornings a week at nursery and one of her mornings coincided with a lace class so I signed up. If I couldn't make another baby then I'd make lace instead! By the end of that first year in class I was very pregnant with the twins! and lacemaking went on the back burner for a while. There's a not very good picture of the panel at http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/roll.html then click on the thumbnail image Info about the panel at http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/battle_of_britain/ and another image at http://tinyurl.com/b44ff where it's called a tapestry! Brenda - who still can't make leavers lace! http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
All the talk about getting youger people interested in lacemaking made me wonder...how did you find out about lacemaking? I remember when I found out. I saw a television show on collectibles. The year was '81 or '82 and a guest on the show was Christine Springett and the subject was romantic collectibles. She talked about antique lace bobbins. I was completely captivated! I had not even given a thought about lace being handmade...it just never occured to me. However, the lacemaking bug had bitten, and I started searching out how and where I could learn. I found the name of a lacemaker through a local craft store, and approached her about lessons. She had never taught and was very gracious to take me on. I was nearly 30 After about 6 months we went to the local technical college and took classes together. All in all, I had 18 months of teaching before I left England, including some wonderful weekend workshops and many lace days. I teach whenever someone asks me to. There are three people that I am helping right now. One is a grandmother, one is a new music teacher and the other is in Med School. The grandmother saw a demonstration in Tennessee and wanted to learn...we were friends at church for a few years before she found out I made lace. The music teacher did tatting, but wanted to learn bobbin lace. The med school student is sort of an adopted daughter and started by trying her hand at bobbin making, then wanted to learn how to use the bobbin she'd made. I think the world is full of potential students...we just have to help them find out about us and be willing to share what we know. Debbie in Florida [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
I got into it through historical costuming (I seem to have a natural tendency to like the styles of 16th century Europe) and historical needlework (same basic time frame). Pretty much just a natural extension of interests and skills I already was developing. It's funny, in a way, because in everyday dress and life style, I'm no *way* any sort of frou-frou type, being usually found in some sort of jeans and a tee shirt. I actually learned through a combination of books, and an online class that Bjarne Drews taught once (he used to be on this list, but I don't know if he still is) My favorite bobbins are a pair of ebony ones that I found for sale in Shrewsbury, when I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the UK a few years ago. The beads for the spangles are black and white, in memory of the architecture I saw there. --Sue, emerging briefly from the lurkdom swamp - Original Message - From: The Mouzons [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 6:17 PM Subject: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace? All the talk about getting youger people interested in lacemaking made me wonder...how did you find out about lacemaking? I remember when I found out. I saw a television show on collectibles. The year was '81 or '82 and a guest on the show was Christine Springett and the subject was romantic collectibles. She talked about antique lace bobbins. I was completely captivated! I had not even given a thought about lace being handmade...it just never occured to me. However, the lacemaking bug had bitten, and I started searching out how and where I could learn. I found the name of a lacemaker through a local craft store, and approached her about lessons. She had never taught and was very gracious to take me on. I was nearly 30 After about 6 months we went to the local technical college and took classes together. All in all, I had 18 months of teaching before I left England, including some wonderful weekend workshops and many lace days. I teach whenever someone asks me to. There are three people that I am helping right now. One is a grandmother, one is a new music teacher and the other is in Med School. The grandmother saw a demonstration in Tennessee and wanted to learn...we were friends at church for a few years before she found out I made lace. The music teacher did tatting, but wanted to learn bobbin lace. The med school student is sort of an adopted daughter and started by trying her hand at bobbin making, then wanted to learn how to use the bobbin she'd made. I think the world is full of potential students...we just have to help them find out about us and be willing to share what we know. Debbie in Florida - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
- Original Message - From: The Mouzons [EMAIL PROTECTED] All the talk about getting youger people interested in lacemaking made me wonder...how did you find out about lacemaking? I'm not a lace sort of person, but one day my mom and I saw a woman demonstrating BL and we were both captivated. I was in grad school and so too busy to look hard for a class, but my mom found one and I (visiting one weekend) got to attend one of her lessons. That got me started a little. I used the roller from a collapsible pillow she'd made (by then she'd bought a Swedish pillow), some clothespins for bobbins, and sewing thread. It was a torchon sampler (assorted diamonds in torchon ground strip) and I learned enough to even design a piece of my own. It would have turned out better if I'd known about turning stitches as it has two zigzag trails that met at the center in a funky way. Then I moved to Pittsburgh and didn't go any farther with BL for awhile, till I saw another woman demonstrating at the annual Folk Festival. She taught at the local community college but when I called they denied it (that wasn't the only trouble she had from them over the years). Then I saw an ad in Piecework magazine, that she was going to teach *at my work*! And it was about to start next week! So I jumped on that and have been swinging those sticks for 15 years or so since then. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] And how did you find out about making lace?
It was a demo that caught my attention. A lady was making lace, all by herself, at an Arts and Crafts show. I watched for a while but DH was impatient. I told myself that I wanted to learn that. Actually, I saw her twice but work and life kept me busy, so I didn't contact her. Just after that, I saw an announcement of a class in beginning BL. I just 'knew' I had to take that class to find out if it was as interesting as it looked. That was almost 13 years ago, and I'm still doing it. By the way, the lady I saw in the park was the one who taught the class. It was her first class. Two of us from that class are now doing the teaching in this area. It's fun to demo in a group, but even a single person can educate people to the existance of lacemaking. If that lady had not been brave to do it alone, I may never have met up with lacemaking. And lacemaking has certainly changed the pattern of my life. Keep passing the word, and taking lace into the public. Alice in Oregon -- where the weather has turned very wet. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
