Years ago... 1977, to be exact, I had the unhappy experience of separation and divorce. I was very fortunate to be able to live for a few months with my Mother, who had a studio in her basement. During that time, I made a hammock using tightly twisted cotton cord. It was a heavy cord - more like a rope, I expect. At any rate, I have no idea where I came across the instructions for this hammock, but it involved hanging everything from a support apparatus from the ceiling of the studio and rolling the completed parts on the main supporting bar as I worked down the length of the hammock. It was the most blissfully relaxing thing to be able to go to the studio after a long day of work and tending to the needs of two young children, and manipulate the cords to make a hammock. The hammock ultimately was used for quite a long time (years?) before something broke and it was finally tossed out... (so sad to think of it now...)
But I remember it fondly as such a soothing activity. Not too long ago, I realized that what I had been doing was Sprang. And there is now a book on ebay about this ancient lacelike craft. I'm tempted to buy the book, but I know that I'll never do more Sprang. But it IS a wonderful art, and I encourage anyone who wants to do lace - or textiles - on a larger scale to look at this book... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2343531772 Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
