Hi Susan, For basics I’m thinking some sparkly metallic threads or beads may have some appeal since we taught basics to a group of eight adults recently. They found half stitch to be a bit challenging until someone mentioned Chantilly lace is based on that very stitch. Someone started singing the song Chantilly Lace and they all started singing it! We were encouraged, Jocelyn in Winnipeg, Canada
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 2, 2019, at 8:18 AM, Susan <hottl...@neo.rr.com> wrote: > > Thank you for your opinions Clay & Gabriele. You could have knocked me over > with a feather when I read AB’s quote! We all have preferences so it’s only > natural that one—or more—styles of lace winds up at the bottom of someone’s > list. The same is true for music, literature, whatever. With apologies in > advance to our Arachne musicologists, a half hour of Bach is a half hour too > much for ME! To be fair, my class with Jane Atkinson did open my eyes to more > options with Torchon & I think I would benefit from another class or two to > see where that leads. In the meantime, I am working on lace that offers > greater aesthetic appeal (for me) or piques my curiosity. It’s much easier to > learn something you embrace wholeheartedly. Torchon clearly affects people > differently & it nearly derailed my own journey. At this point, my personal > goal is to reverse the negative effects of “Torchon teaching” for a friend > who was interested in learning Beds. After months of being bor! ed! > to tears because the teacher insisted she start with Torchon, she abandoned > lace altogether. She still has her pillow & supplies but I haven’t been able > to persuade her to take it out of the top of the closet. YET! Just sayin’... > Sincerely, Susan Hottle FL USA > > Sent from my iPad > > - > 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/ - 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/
