Regarding instructions, many lace "patterns" don't seem to include them!
Hi Susan You comment on the lack of instructions with patterns. The comment that the instructions are found in books is very relevant. Many lace books are written with the patterns in a progressive order so that patterns later in the book involve techniques already covered earlier in the book so the last pattern may involve the majority of those explained previously. If the pattern was sold as a one-off it would need the whole book to support it. One-off patterns are just that, they are not teaching books. I suggest you invest in a good instruction book and work through it pattern by pattern, learning each technique thoroughly as you go. The lace workers used to insist that a yard of each new pattern had to be worked in order to learn the techniques and build up speed; I have found that, if there are only 2-3 new techniques in a piece than 4-5 repeats are all that are necessary. Once you understand the techniques you can make anything. One of my students, who was making Bucks, went to one of Pam Nottingham,s courses to start floral Bucks. But Pam said she had to learn to ,read, a geometrical Bucks pattern, (i.e. understand how to make a piece when presented with the pricking only â no picture of the lace, no instructions) before she would teach her. (I had already told her that but she thought she could take a short cut.) Have fun Alex - 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/
