yeoowww! My worst accident was in the last 15 minutes of the last day of the week-long (mornings) Honiton class at the Arachne convention in Nottingham. It was my first attempt at Honiton. I had struggled with the fine threads, had finished the first leaf and the circle of the flower, and was finally doing my first sewing, glad that I was going to do that at least before the class ended. And the weaver pair threads broke--both of them, right at the point of the sewing.
I sat there with the two bobbins in my hand, thinking hard to myself that I was grown up and would not, WOULD NOT, cry over a couple of broken threads. As I sat motionless, the lacemakers on each side of me noticed my stillness, looked over, and gasped. The pair of gasps attracted the attention of the lacemakers on their far sides, who looked around them at the broken threads in my hand and gasped. Those gasps attracted the attention...and so forth all the way around the circle until everyone was looking at my broken threads in horror! At that point the combination of drama and sympathy cured my despair and we all had a good laugh at such a dramatic ending to the class. Not physical pain, but oh it was heartbreaking for a minute there. I still have that little scrap of Honiton, and am concentrating on my Flanders!! Nancy Connecticut, USA ________________________________ From: David C COLLYER <dccoll...@ncable.net.au> To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Fri, September 17, 2010 11:57:21 AM Subject: [lace] Accidents ...Any other interesting accidents out there? Like cutting off a pair of bobbins you had thrown out, only to find they were supposed to be still attached!!! ... - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
