I have been reading these stories about teachers and students and now designing! How do you even begin to design? Or is this something you think about when you have more experience? I have a good teacher/class but unfortunately these are only evening classes so in the summer I have nothing. She is a very good teacher with lots of patience (which is just as well for me) and the students are in the main well behaved. They have all been coming to this class for years and a few do not need any help at all. (I have never heard any of them talk about designing though.) If the teacher is busy with a newbie a couple of them will go and help out someone else if needed. When hearing about some of your stories I am very lucky with my class.
Nancy > Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:01:00 +0100 > From: alan.d.br...@tesco.net > To: lace@arachne.com > Subject: [lace] Teaching..eml > > I used to try and encourage students to work out a pricking from a lace > photograph, simple torchon to start with and then progress further when > they had acquired more experience and design something themselves. > When I started lace classes in 1976, Tordis Berndt had Maidment and > the two Swedish books for us to use. The latter had photos, thread > sizes and bobbin numbers, *but* no prickings! Having to make your own > pricking from the photos, I feel made you learn more about how threads > moved than just working a piece with full instructions. > When the Book of Stitches arrived then the possiblities of different > fillings etc. opened up new avenues. Sometimes, ideas for a change will > occur when working a pattern, particularly in free lace designs i.e. to > change a stitch, add colour etc. The confidence to do this should come > with experience and a desire to spread one's wings and a willingness to > break all the 'do-nots' that were there at the time of the lace revival > in the '70s. Without this The Westhope Group,the 98 group, the use of copper wire, > coloured threads in traditionally white only patterns , etc.could not > have come about. > Personally I prefer to use graph paper for geometrical laces as I can > envisage the movement of the threads better. Not being able to draw I > will trace a shape I like, mix and match with other shapes and then > think about the stitches which will give me the effect I'm looking for. > As others have said we work and teach as individuals and the reward is > when a student achieves the goals they have set themselves. > > Sheila in Sawbo' where it is sunny but a cool wind, hoping it will be dry in the Peak District for Easter > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachnemodera...@yahoo.com _________________________________________________________________ Share your photos with Windows Live Photos Free. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
