Hi Devon -
My sister owned a knitting shop for 25 years - just sold it about six
months ago. She said that during the last downturn in the economy, her
business boomed... People would opt to stay home rather than take an
expensive trip, and so the materials for a new knitting project seemed
rather frugal in comparison. I agree that we are less likely to seduce
new people into lacemaking, but I can't think of a better way to get my
mind off the economy than to sit at my lace pillow and forget about
everything else!
But... I am holding my breath to see what the economy does to the
desire to go to lace gatherings!!
Clay
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<<I figure that if I lose my job in the current economic situation I can
always try selling greeting cards on a street corner. ;-)>>
Beautiful, but who are you going to sell them to? I understand that the
first thing people cut down on in a recession is handmade greeting cards.
An interesting question would be, is a recession good or bad for lacemaking.
One of my correspondents thinks it is bad for lacemaking because people
won't start expensive new hobbies, and lacemaking can cost a bit up front, always
a problem. On the other hand, once you have the bobbins and pillows the cost
of the thread is negligible. Books are expensive, but not essential.
Some economists are saying that people will stay home more, not dining out
or going to Operas, say. So, if they are at home more, they could make more
lace. Lace provides hours of entertainment rather cheaply. In fact, actually,
a book can provide many hours of entertainment for its cost, even if an
expensive book. I probably already have enough books that if I were suddenly
disabled and could do nothing but read for the rest of my life, I would never need
to buy another book..
The Nov. 17th Times has an article proposing that people will be doing a lot
of knitting during the down turn.
_http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/knitting-through-a-downturn/?scp
=1&sq=knitting&st=cse_
(http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/knitting-through-a-downturn/?scp=1&sq=knitting&st=cse)
Of course, if people don't go to lace days and conventions in order to save
money, then groups won't put them on anymore. One year of putting on a lace
event no one goes to can kill the desire of anyone to put on such an event.
Yet, in the family economy, a lace weekend for Mom is usually the thing that
people feel can be dispensed with in favor of dentistry for the children. I hope
it doesn't kill all the lace events.
Devon
noticing the malls are strangely empty in New Jersey
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