[lace] learning on your own
Of course, you can learn on your own. Many people have done it... with whatever book or information they could put their hands on at the time. These days, there are so many more sources of help than 20 or 30 years ago books, videos, CD's, internet. We have had several people right here on Arachne who had pursued the skills on their own. We are very proud of them. Locally we start new lacemakers with Torchon to get the basic 3 stitches and become familiar with the look and feel of making lace.Then we encourage them to try different styles of lace in order to find the kind that floats their boat (as a friend of mine expresses it.) I had the good fortune to start in a class. We started with Torchon, but the teacher didn't give it a name. I just thought I was making Lace. The library had some books on lace, so I checked them out. One had a pattern of a little flower and leaves, with step by step instructions so I made it. It was way too small for my thread so I enlarged the pattern. It was several years later that I learned that it was a Honiton flower. To me, it was just the same Cross and Twist, but in a slightly different formation. Sometimes we may put too much emphasis on the differences of the various styles of lace. We need to emphasize the similarities and encourage exploration of different patterns. Alice in Oregon -- with 2 weeks of no rain and mostly sun. How unusual but nice. - 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/
[lace] Learning lace on your own
One reason for starting with Torchon is that is geometric on 45 degrees and if you make a mistake such as not closing the pin or forgetting a twist it is soo obvious and it might not be so obvious in other laces. So it's great if you're the type of person who wants to know that their work is perfect. Personally, I prefer my work to have design features and don't fret if there's a mistake (or even a lot of them). It's just for me, and even if I give it away, the recipient doesn't usually know it isn't perfect. I don't want lacemaking to be a chore - I do it because I enjoy it. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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/
RE: [lace] learning on your own
I take my hat off to anyone that can learn from a book. I have to see something before I can understand it - words mean nothing!!! CD's have helped tremendously as far as that is concerned but then the CD player and the pillow are not always in the same room!!! I also had the good fortune to start with a wonderful teacher many moons ago. Jeanette Fischer,Western Cape, South Africa. - 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/
Re: [lace] Learning lace on your own
I was pleased to read this, it makes a huge amount of sense and I learned this first going on to bucks beds etc. There are lots I haven't tackled but am usually happy working what I make. I used to get very angry at my mistakes, but am much more forgiving these days. Made a stupid mistake the other day by cutting off my bobbins while only half way through sewing in and tying off. Corrected most but still forgot one and cut it off short For a few minutes I thought it might have to be scrapped but the threads that weren't tied in go into a spider so all the other threads are holding them so that is our this year christmas piece and I am content to be so. Too much on my mind at the moment, but the lace work is still theraputic and helping to keep me calm:-) Hopefully I wont make the same errors the next time round. Sue T Dorset UK, where the stormy winds are blowing a bit wild this morning One reason for starting with Torchon is that is geometric on 45 degrees and if you make a mistake such as not closing the pin or forgetting a twist it is soo obvious and it might not be so obvious in other laces. So it's great if you're the type of person who wants to know that their work is perfect. Personally, I prefer my work to have design features and don't fret if there's a mistake (or even a lot of them). It's just for me, and even if I give it away, the recipient doesn't usually know it isn't perfect. I don't want lacemaking to be a chore - I do it because I enjoy it. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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/
[lace] Fw: MOZART REBORN AND LOOK WHO IS PLAYING IT
Good morning all I just HAD to share this with you all! Who would have thought that such tiny little hands could be so dexterous and play so beautifully and his feet barely reach the pedals! It's 'raining cats and dogs here in Henley-on-Thames, UK this morning but listening/watching this little 5 year old has certainly brightened my day. I realise that those of you living in/near Sydney, Australia would just love some of our rain and our thoughts are with you all, hoping you keep safe and praying that rain will come your way soon! Catherine Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com - Subject: Fw: MOZART REBORN AND LOOK WHO IS PLAYING IT Sound on -You HAVE to play this - amazing! Click below... Subject: MOZART REBORN - AND LOOK WHOâS PLAYING IT MOZART REBORN Astounding five(5) yr old No music sheets needed. Seems to thoroughly enjoy playing these songs, and becomes fully absorbed in the flow of notes, as if he has heard/played these pieces 100's of times before! He certainly hasn't had the years to comprehend what he's doing, nor practice to be this good, so somehow his brain and finger dexterity have been pre-programmed, when, how, why is a complete mystery! What a talent! Mind boggling! Click here: - 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/
Re: [lace] Old beds
Hi Spiders All, I am reading this thread with interest. I also was fortunate to have a good teacher at first, and have been very thankful for her help, as it eradicated a lot of my general shyness in life, and eventually enabled me to teach others, join lace committees, and even reach the dizzy heights of being a Chairman of the Lacemakers' Circle. However, when I was at a Lace Day, representing the Circle, I can vividly remember another (very respected) lace tutor telling me that I should NEVER teach people how to start and end laces, as that way, they have to keep coming to classes as [I quote[ It is bums on seats we need in the classes, not people who can do their own thing Needless to say, I was horrified, which is probably why I have remembered so vividly what was said so many years ago - and I do endeavour to continue to teach the way I was taught - hoping that there is always something new to be learned, and that the classes are fun and enjoyable too, to make people wanyt to come back for more. Best wishes to you all, and may your puins never bend! Carol - in North Norfolk UK. 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' Subject: Re: [lace] Old beds I also started out with a person who enjoyed calling herself a teacher, but who was actually a terrible teacher. - 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/
[lace] That Beds hanky
Dear Friends, I've spoken with my friend Jill and told her of your interest in her old Beds hanky. She will bring it to rehearsal on Wednesday night so that I can photograph it. Then we can really get stuck into a decent discussion :) David in Ballarat, AUS - 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/
Re: [lace] learning on your own
Dear Alice and other Friends, We have had several people right here on Arachne who had pursued the skills on their own. I believe I was the first person to learn bobbin lace via the Internet Arachne back in late 1995. I know I began with 20 Lessons in Bedfordshire Lace and made 3 or 4 items from it. But then someone sent me a little pin cushion with a lovely Bucks Point edge. I never dreamed I'd ever actually own anything so beautiful, let alone be able to make it. After working through a couple of Bucks Point Books, I bought a teach yourself book on Chantilly put out by the Dutch Lace Guild, and then it wasn't long before I discovered the wonderful books by Ulrike Loehr (later Voelkers). The rest is history. I certainly never had to endure the restrictions a purist teacher might put on one. In fact I recall very early on thinking how the cloth or half stitch inside a motif would look far better right up against the gimp and have never twisted on the inside since! David in Ballarat, AUS - 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/
[lace] Re: Starting learning lace
I agree with Jean about the reasons to start with Torchon, which is a lovely and many-sided lace technique. But in my opinion one can start with nearly every technique. I wouldn't say with Binche. When my the group i belonged to at that time decided to do some Beds, at that time all of us had don Torchon, Tape Lace (Idria and Russian) and Cluny, I translated the first book from Barbara Underwood. With our teacher we worked one corner and because the others did want to do more I worked for my own some more pieces. By the way I started with computer at the same time, my husband said correcting would be much easier and it was. Ilske - 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/
[lace] RE: learning lace
We have had several people right here on Arachne who had pursued the skills on their own. I'll chime up as another, from about the same time as David. No evening classes I could find - Bridget Cook was still offering a day class, but no good to me as I worked, and Batsford about to go under as the only book publisher. Thank goodness for Oxfam and Galloway and Porter for remaindered books, and a few bobbins. I started with Geraldine Stotts's the Lace Manual which I worked through completely, moved onto Pamela Nottingham's Techniques, (so a bit of Torchon and then mainly Beds) dipping into patterns I wanted to make rather than anything systematic. And through t'internet discovered Arachne. I can't begin to describe how helpful everyone has been - it seems like every day or so there is a helpful hint in my inbox - on making leaves, tensioning threads, picots ... THANK YOU. It may have been slower than class taught, but I have got there. I have had a go at what's taken my fancy, Russian, Milanese, Bucks, but I keep coming back to Beds. I cannot wait to see that handkerchief, David. And the lappet sounds amazing, Janice. On Robins, I remember my first sight of American Robins scudding in flocks across a university campus more than 25 years ago. (That's not a Robin!) They are a migratory Thrush (Turdius migratorius) , so a bit closer to our Fieldfares, a big bird but a red breast no doubt - I can see why the settlers named them. European Robins are in the Chat family, much smaller and territorial (very), they are closer to nightingales, more like a sparrow size. They are the iconic bird for the snowy scene Christmas cards - maybe a useful source, and I feel sure someone will have done a Honiton pattern somewhere. Louise In Cambridge - weather - meh! Traffic - aargh! - 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/
[lace] Name the Good Teachers, Please!
Dear Spiders, It occurs to me that very few teachers have been referred to by name in the memos of the past few days. No need to name the bad ones. That is frowned on at Arachne.. But, please name the GOOD ones! Even if they are deceased, good teachers may receive your praise, and it may help newbies to determine what old lace instruction books are best to buy. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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/
RE: [lace] Old Beds
Liz Baker said: I went to a demonstration and the lady giving the talk said you can't learn lacemaking from a book, you need a teacher Well! That's just silly! (as my Mum used to say a lot). When I was 11 (about 1953), I found a book on tatting, Mum let me buy it and all the thread, shuttles and hook, and I taught myself. Just because I wanted to - I liked the look of it. Much later on, I went to Hitchin Lace Day (must have been about 1984)with my tatting. I may have been the only tatter there, so the other ladies were interested; and I was enchanted with the bobbin lace and its making. I was lucky then to find Bridget Cook's classes at the local college, and had a lovely time learning Torchon from her. Other varieties of lace followed on, some with more success than others! So I believe you can learn either way as long as you really want to (and if your teacher is a good one that will help a lot!) Margery. margerybu...@o2.co.uk in North Herts, UK - 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/
Re: [lace] Name the Good Teachers, Please!
Jeri and all, I can name a good long distance teacher - Janet in Bridlington. I remember when she first saw my spiders. Her comment was that is lovely - they are different from ours. After pressing her to explain, she said we do them differently and then showed me how she was taught. Light bulb on - there were actual defined legs on her spiders. Seems I had not been taught to do extra twists on the legs. Now it is all long distance teaching and with loads of directions and pictures, I am doing tape lace and getting ready to try a table cloth she found in a magazine she almost tossed! I also took a tape lace class with Sylvie Nugyen. She was so patient and made the class fun. On the sad side I took a class where the teacher said I was doing it all wrong, cut my bobbins off the pillow and that ended that. I have yet to try again to do the lace I paid a small fortune to learn!! So there are good and bad. I have been fortunate to have two good teachers and am slowly learning. Sallie in WY USA It occurs to me that very few teachers have been referred to by name . But, please name the GOOD ones! Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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/
[lace] Learning Bobbin Lace
There are two skills I have which I couldn't learn on my own from a book. Riding a bicycle and hand spinning on a spinning wheel. Notice that lacemaking is not included. Nowadays, with the internet, googling 'bobbin lace' leads to online lessons, online suppliers, lacemakers in your vicinity, lacemaking groups, books on lace. Before the internet, it was a different story. I discovered lace in 1980, at a demo at a craft show. I had little or no money, and even less time, as I was pregnant with #2 and working full time. Regular lessons, even if available, were out of the question. Fortunately I discovered the late Doris Southard's book, and did what I could when I could. Later I found some lace books in the How To Do It Bookstore in Philadelphia, and wrote to the American suppliers at the back of the book, usually with no luck. Fortunately, Holly Van Sciver (just a satisfied 20+ year customer) was there. I ended up learning lacemaking about 3 times, as months and sometimes years would go by without making anything. The last time I learned from Ulrike Lohr/Voelcker's Kloppel Kurs before the translation came out. That Lace Glossary with lace terms in 9 languages came in really handy. And note that Ulrike's book quickly goes to tape lace, and away from Torchon. I took my first class in 2004, and from then on took classes when they were 'close' and I was available. I think it is easier to learn with a teacher, as finding out where the mistake is can be very difficult at the beginning, when the learning curve is very steep. It also helps to have encouragement. I got that from my teachers, even when I didn't like my lace I made in class. You can learn from almost any teacher. I assume my teacher has something to show me, and when in class, I do it her way. But I am a lacemaker, and I think. So I may not agree with the teacher, but I do it her way, because I'm paying money for her expertise, and I might as well learn her method. I may be wrong. And it won't be the first time. But if, after reflection, I think I am right, I do it my way. After all, it's my lace. Now I learn lacemaking skills both from teachers and from books, as there are no weekly classes anywhere near me, which is typical of the US. A weekend of intense study, steep learning curves, and then a year or more until the next class with that teacher, so you turn to books. As for good teachers, I think most teachers are good. Even if they aren't perfect, or far from it, there are still things to be learned from them. One of the really nice things about classes in lace. There are no tests. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA where the lovely sunny Fall weather continues. - 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/
RE: [lace] Name the Good Teachers, Please!
My first lace teacher in 1994, was a very bad one. After 2 lessons myself and and elderly woman decided to try and teach ourselves. She gave up, I muddled for a while and gave up until about 2005-6, when after having been made redundant from one job, I had time on my hands. I was lucky to find another much better teacher through a friend. Her name is Maureen Bromley, and she is on this list! Agnes Boddington-Elloughton UK Subject: [lace] Name the Good Teachers, Please! Dear Spiders, It occurs to me that very few teachers have been referred to by name in the memos of the past few days. No need to name the bad ones. That is frowned on at Arachne.. But, please name the GOOD ones! Even if they are deceased, good teachers may receive your praise, and it may help newbies to determine what old lace instruction books are best to buy. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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/
Re: [lace] Name the Good Teachers, Please!
Dear All: I have a pillow that a very kind lady helped me get started on repairing broken threads... I'm probably just in denial/looking for excuses but I'll be in Gettysburg PA Friday and Sat (Families weekend at Gettysburg with my daughter). She'd be very grateful if I had a reason to leave campus... Only so much the mom is welcome. If there were someone in an hours drive of G'Burg who'd be willing to look at the pillow and bless my starting it up again? I think I've psyched myself out... It's her wedding hankie, started when she was seven and now she's 20 and with no likely partner (or at least no one she's admitted t) But I should get my act in gear. Carrie who's been trying to do that for over 5 years now... On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Agnes Boddington ag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk wrote: My first lace teacher in 1994, was a very bad one. After 2 lessons myself and and elderly woman decided to try and teach ourselves. She gave up, I muddled for a while and gave up until about 2005-6, when after having been made redundant from one job, I had time on my hands. I was lucky to find another much better teacher through a friend. Her name is Maureen Bromley, and she is on this list! Agnes Boddington-Elloughton UK Subject: [lace] Name the Good Teachers, Please! Dear Spiders, It occurs to me that very few teachers have been referred to by name in the memos of the past few days. No need to name the bad ones. That is frowned on at Arachne.. But, please name the GOOD ones! Even if they are deceased, good teachers may receive your praise, and it may help newbies to determine what old lace instruction books are best to buy. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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/ -- Carrie carolyn.sala...@gmail.com - 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/
Re: [lace] Name the Good Teachers, Please!
To all, I forgot to include Liz in Australia, Janice, in IL and all the others at Lace Convention that were so patient with me. There are too many to name. Sallie in WY On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Carolyn M Salafia carolyn.sala...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All: I have a pillow that a very kind lady helped me get started on repairing broken threads... I'm probably just in denial/looking for excuses but I'll be in Gettysburg PA Friday and Sat (Families weekend at Gettysburg with my daughter) Carrie who's been trying to do that for over 5 years now... But, please name the GOOD ones! Even if they are deceased, good teachers may receive your praise, and it may help newbies to determine what old lace instruction books are best to buy. Jeri Ames in Maine USALace and Embroidery Resource Center - 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/
[lace] Self taught / on your own learning
I'm mostly self taught in bobbin lace. My local group does little projects at the monthly meetings. I wanted to try them so I just got some cheep bobbins and made a pillow (it's horrible and was quickly replaced). But I just put the pricking on and jumped in. The ONE torchon piece (a centimeter wide thing) I did not like one bit. I've looked at other patterns, including some that are used by local teachers and I think if this had been my first project I'd have quit. What I did do was go through a friends lace books and figure out what appled to me. She let be borrow some. I tried some idrija and loved it! Then at a show and tell I saw a Milanese piece and never looked back. Bought lots of books I think the trick isn't so much starting with a particular style lace, but finding the lace that inspires you to keep going. As others have said it's all Cross/Twist joins Ya, I make mistakes, but that's part of learning. I've only been bobbin lacing for a couple of years but I've already done up my own patterns and fearlessly jump into projects. It's finding the passion that's important. As books for self learning go I recommend: Beginners Guide to Bobbin Lace. Lot's of step by step pictures. My 2 cents, Robin -- Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination. The sky's the limit. *Your* sky. *Your *limit. Now, let's dance. *~Tom Hiddleston* - 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/
Re: [lace] Name the Good Teachers, Please!
Thank you Agnes. I am now blushing. Seriously though, my aim is to help people learn lace the best way I can. If I explain something and the student doesn't understand what I have said then I rephrase it. But I like to demonstrate as well as describe. My favourite teacher has to be Alex Stillwell, also on this list. Without her I would not be teaching at all. I was a secretary in my former life. Jeri says to name teachers even if deceased. For Honiton lace, Christine Hawken was very good, wrote a book '121 Honiton Lace Fillings' and the Devon Lace Teachers finished her work Honiton Lace A collection of lace fillings. Unfortunately she died a couple or so years ago. The other teacher is Margaret Pearce from Derbyshire. A very gentle and lovely lady. She loves modern lace and puts glittery threads and beads in as and where she can. It was a shock for me as for years I only worked white, ecru or black lace. Maureen E Yorks UK I was lucky to find another much better teacher through a friend. Her name is Maureen Bromley, and she is on this list! Agnes Boddington-Elloughton - 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/
Re: [lace] Name the Good Teachers, Please!
For needlelace, Carol Williamson Isle of Man, who doesn't now teach as far as I know and, of course, Cathy Barley whose lace is absolutely amazing. Maureen E Yorks UK - 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/
RE: [lace] Name the Good Teachers, Please!
I'm self taught from a book - Rosemary Shepherd's Introduction to Bobbin Lacemaking which is based on the correspondence lessons she wrote for the Australian Lace Guild. When you live in a small country town in Australia, there's no other option. The book is still available from Rosemary direct at www.lacepressaustralia.com, and is now in its 4th reprint. It is interesting to read the history of this book in an article on the site. Thank you for your thoughts for our bushfire victims, Catherine. Rosemary Shepherd lives in the area experiencing the worst of the present fires, but is OK. Noelene in Cooma nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au - 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/
Re: [lace] Name the Good Teachers, Please!
The 2 good teaching books that I could not have managed without were firstly - my bible when I first started learning lace The Technique of Bobbin Lace by Pamela Nottingham and later a Visual Introduction to Bucks Point Lace by Geraldine Stott those 2 gave me an excellent grounding to lace making Sue M Harvey Norfolk U.K. 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/
[lace] good teachers
Hi All, I started on my own with Doris Southard's book, but after seeing a chance for an internet correspondence course, I jumped at it. I applied and was accepted. My teacher for Torchon, Advanced Torchon and Honiton was Judith Markham, an Australia Lacemaker, who I respect very much. Her teaching method is strict and I loved it. I do think I could have learned from a book and encourage anyone who wants to - to do it. But I am very happy I found Judith. She is now a very good friend. Even if I stray from those laces, I still find many of her hints and directions come in handy. Susie C Johnson Morris, Illinois - 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/
[lace] good teachers
DORIS SOUTHARD Sheila Wells (great Honiton workshop and booklet) Geraldine Stott (has a very logical mind and her progressive Bucks lessons are just right.) Yo Pauwels (great on Flanders and Bruges. She showed me how to break Flanders down into units) I like logical minds that organize lessons in a logical progressive sequence. I'm a sort of systematic plodder, so I like to get a firm base of knowledge for each style, and then move on into elaborate designs or making my own designs. I try to teach the same way, but I know it doesn't work for everyone. Lorelei - 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/
Re: [lace] Name the Good Teachers, Please!
I have been incredibly fortunate to have studied with many excellent teachers! Sheila Wells introduced me to Honiton lace at IOLI Convention in Bethesda in 1999. At the same convention, I met Louise Colgan, who taught a great mini-class in understanding threads, their fibers and sizes, and pin sizes. This was a wonderful class for a newbie, and it made a huge impression! Since then, I have enjoyed several classes in Milanese with Louise! She is one of the very best, most patient, and most prolific teachers I know! Spoiler alert... I will say that about all of my favorites! Not long after that, I was able to attend a workshop in Philadelphia with Ulrike Lohr (pre-marriage). I was still very much a newbie, but in that one short workshop, I learned some essential skills that have been with me ever since. Ulrike is an amazing teacher! A few years later, I enjoyed a fabulous weekend in North Carolina with dear friends there who organized a weekend with Christine Springett (for the lacemakers) and David Springett (for husbands and others wanting to see the magic of David's wood-turning!). What a wonderful weekend that was, and I have to say that when my lace was driving me to tears, Christine actually sat down and realized that it was not my lacemaking, butmthe thread, that was making the difference! Thank goodness for that! Since then, I have had classes with the incomparable Anny Noben-Slegers, Anne-Marie Verbeke-Billiet, Michael Giusiana, Bobbi Donnelly, and Susie Johnson. I can't say enough about the multi-faceted talents of each of these teachers. They all use their own designs, and all provide excellent materials to support their designs. And each of them understands that there are numerous ways that people learn... visual, kinetic, and auditory, to name the basics. And each of the teachers I have mentioned are skilled at providing various ways of providing instruction which can be adapted to the student's learning style. Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA, USA Sent from my iPad But, please name the GOOD ones! Even if they are deceased, good teachers may receive your praise, and it may help newbies to determine what old lace instruction books are best to buy. - 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/
Re: [lace] Name the Good Teachers, Please!
Hi All, My first weeklong lacemaking course was taught by Gail Young, who at that time also ran Trilliim Lace. She was great, and let us progress at the speed that was appropriate for each student. This allowed some of us who were extremely keen to really move ahead in that week. Josee Poupart was teaching as well but worked more with the more advanced/returning students. She was the one who taught me to do leaves at the end of the week and taught me Bedfordshire lace during my second course with them. She now teaches a leaves and tally workshop as well as other workshops. I still keep in touch with both Gail and Josee, and see both occasionally at International Lace Camp in Ontario. I've had other good teachers since then but I credit those two for teaching lacemaking in such a way that I do not ever feel afraid of trying something new even if it looks like it might be difficult. Cheers, Cindy Rusak in very rainy Bracebridge, Ontario Sent from my iPad But, please name the GOOD ones! Even if they are deceased, good teachers may receive your praise, and it may help newbies to determine what old lace instruction books are best to buy. - 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/
[lace] learning on your own
Up in the Top End (of Australia), some 25 or more years ago, a lady got herself a copy of rosemary shepherd's Beginners book, and taught herself from that book. She then found some other like-minded ladies, lent the book, and helped them learn from it. There is now a thriving Lace Group in the area. - so it is not that hard to teach yourself from a book. In the early days here (1980s), I remember someone looking at my Beds lace I was working on, and wishing she knew enough to move on to Beds and Bucks Pt. laces. Her teacher was keeping her on little torchon edges, - and she told me she had only been learning for 3 or 4 years, so was not knowledgeable enough to move to another lace yet !! I am Still appalled about that, and have never forgotten it! Exploitation, - like the bums on seats in class comment. Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. - 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/
[lace] self-taught
I forgot to mention that I am self-taught for tatting, and also for the the start of Needlelace. I was lucky to have a nice lady,- now sadly passed on - who helped and encouraged me at various Lace Days where we would meet every 2 months. I had been struggling on my own for a couple of years, then I managed to get a 4 day workshop with Margaret Stevens (she is on NL Talk ) and I went home, the first day, and told my husband Now I understand what the books are telling me !!! She was brilliant and really got me sorted out, - and I have never looked back! I used to do embroidery as a child, so maybe those early years of needlework has lain dormant, till I discovered needlelace!! I do more NL than bobbin lace these days!! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz. - 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/
[lace] Good teachers
*Louise Colgan* hands down. Even if you don't think you want to learn Milanese she is worth taking from. She just really knows how to teach and inspire. Happy lace making. * * -- Never, ever, let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. Prove the cynics wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination. The sky's the limit. *Your* sky. *Your *limit. Now, let's dance. *~Tom Hiddleston* - 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/
