I had a somewhat similar situation. I had been on holiday in England and had brought back some bobbins and had started teaching myself. I didn't have any fine pins or "proper" lace thread, but I was beginning to get the hang of the lace. I heard about a lace course being offered in Ottawa by a teacher from Toronto, and while I wasn't able to go for the whole weekend, I did go for a while to meet people and the teacher on the Sunday morning.
The teacher (whose name I forget - blacked out for ever from my memory in disgust at her attitude) took one look at my feeble attempts and said in a very snooty voice - "Not very good, is it?" (I knew that - I didn't need it to be said, I was looking for help). "Of course", she continued, "the problem is that you are using the wrong thread. You will only produce good lace if you use linen thread." OK lady - where the heck can you go into a shop a buy linen thread. I was so disappointed in her attitude it made me determined to prove her wrong. I had made several years worth of lace before I bought my first reel of linen thread. As a side note to that situation. Most of the people on that course, and me, formed a group and got together once a month. I was still exploring different patterns, found a nice gentleman in B.C. who made bobbins, got finer thread from England and pressed on trying different patterns. Others who had been on the course were still struggling with the bookmark she had been teaching months and months later because her teaching had been to take each pupil pin to pin telling them how to do each bit and most of them didn't understand what, how or why they were doing what they were doing. Malvary - in Ottawa where we had a very heavy rainstorm last evening, but it is bright and clear for now - off to work. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
