My what I did before BL contains, knitting from about age 3 (more holes than
stitches to begin with I would think).
Learned to crochet in my 20's. Had been making many of my own clothes both
knitted and sewing from about age 12. Made one of my sisters wedding dress
in 1977 plus all her
In a message dated 4/26/2008 12:14:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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have tried tatting, but am failing miserably.
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Dear Would-be Tatters,
Buried in Sue's list was the above tatting comment.. If you are having
problems
Jeri, I have a book, I have been looking at sites, I sat in front of a u tube
video thinking how easy and clear she sounded (but my fingers are stiff and
shoulders too tensed, trying to keep up with the video too.
I did go to someone at a craft lesson who tried to show me. Again, got some,
missed
Dear Fellow Spiders
It's been fascinating reading all your messages about what you did Before
Lace. It looks like many of us have spent years looking for lace and trying
other things before finding it. My mum taught me to knit when I was little,
then I taught myself crochet in my teens. But
Dear Friends,
It would be good if one or two of our male spiders would chip in on this one,
I'd love to know what they did before lace.
You've finally managed to push me into this thread :)
- By the age of 8' I was able to do what we called finger crochet -
just open chain using only your
Like most people life revolved around the family, getting back to work,
knitting, crochet and embroidery. Remaking gardens on moving into a
different house(twice before lace, now up to five!); helping DH build
wardrobes etc. indooors Outside we laid patios, built decorative walls
- to keep
Thank you for all your nice comments and offers of help I shall try and put in
my ideas and help needed now and then.
Before lace - not a lot I did try knitting, crochet and cross stitch (even
tried art) but I am not exactly talented in crafts and then along came
computers and everything went -
I guess I sort of started this discussion so I'll add my information, too.
Before lace, like a lot of you, I had tried my hand at a wide variety of
other things. My great grandmother taught me the things a girl needed to
know like embroidery, knitting, crochet and quilting starting when I was
