Re: [lace] learning on your own

2013-10-22 Thread J D Hammett
Hi Arachnids, That is as appalling as some of the students in my class who had a previous teacher who would never show or teach them how to start or finish a piece nor how to turn a corner (she used to take their pillow home with her and did it for them to help them). She also put them

RE: [lace] learning on your own

2013-10-22 Thread malvaryj
of Lacemakers has just celebrated its 25th anniversary. Malvary on Peterborough where I'm spending a few days away on holiday to see the beautiful fall colour From: jdhamm...@msn.com To: lizl...@bigpond.com; lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] learning on your own Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16

RE: [lace] learning on your own

2013-10-21 Thread Jeanette Fischer
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

Re: [lace] learning on your own

2013-10-21 Thread David C COLLYER
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