Re: [lace] Lace teaching
I have always taught beginners for basically the cost of my travel. For more advanced tuition I charge a little more. I also encourage newbies to join the local group to get support and offer a list of books to work with for inspiration. In addition, for the taster classes that I have been running at local craft stores, I have provided all the equipment so the learner simply has to turn up, choose some lovely colours and start. As to age, the last taster session had a lovely young lady of just 7 who had better colour coordination than the rest of us. Sent from my iPad > On 25 Aug 2014, at 00:37, Robin D wrote: > > Having vetted teachers at IOLI conventions is one thing, but isn't it part > of being a member in IOLI to do gratis teaching and demos? Isn't part of > loving lace making to try and inspire and encourage as many people as we > can to take up the art? - 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] Lace teaching
With children who have good attention spans, I have successfully taught them simple bobbin lace ( eg snakes, fish etc) at the age of 3. Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - 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 teaching
My goodness I didn't mean to start such a debate/vent session. *blush* My experience with the other lace maker was at a demonstration and I was new to tatting. I had been taught by the president of our local guild just a couple months before and I was doing my best to throw myself wholeheartedly into the lace world. I was shocked at being put down for simply making a join in a different, but acceptable, style. I was also stunned at how this lace maker would inform the kids under 8 years age that they were too young to try bobbin lace. It made me quite angry as I knew full well that there are laces made by much younger kids in museums and my daughter (4 at the time) had helped me make one of those snakes. I was also shocked that, instead of promoting the local guild, this person informed everyone that if they wanted to learn tatting they would need to sign up for his/her class at the local yarn shop. A class that was $150 for Level 1 class (2 months long) and only taught rings & chains. My thought, later after I had recovered from the negativity I felt, was how offensive the inferences he/she made were. That according to this person who was "a certified tatting instructor" all those grandmothers and mothers teaching their kids were some how "unqualified". Or that those like the president of the local chapter - shouldn't be teaching because they didn't have some little paper. I have sense learned that this person is kind of notorious in lace circles for this behavior. Having vetted teachers at IOLI conventions is one thing, but isn't it part of being a member in IOLI to do gratis teaching and demos? Isn't part of loving lace making to try and inspire and encourage as many people as we can to take up the art? What I had hoped to encourage by sharing my experience was for people to be more willing to stand up for the "new" lace-makers. If we see something like *GASP & FUME* someone cutting bobbins off that we'll speak up. Thanks for reading & happy lace making. Robin D. -- Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination. The sky's the limit. *Your* sky. *Your *limit. Now, let's dance. *~Tom Hiddleston* - 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) Teaching children lace
Well Done Sue!! Keep up the good work Daphne Norfolk Uk - 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] Lace teaching happened! and re: travel
That is 100% okay! It would be great if people were to do that. BTW, I don't mind *brief* excursions into non-lace topics. Obviously, a normal person is not going to write about a lace day or conference without mentioning great friends, bad food, etc.! I only ask that when the non-lace content is greater than the lace content, it's time to move it to chat. Thanks, everyone, for being understanding about this. Avital On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Chris Vail wrote: > Thanks, Avital. I do enjoy reading the travel stories, but I confess I'd > rather read the non-lace seperate from lace content. In future, would a > brief note to this list saying that non-lace trip segments are on chat be > acceptable? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
