In an email dated Tue, 30 Sep 2003 6:53:23 pm GMT, "Panza, Robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>The fortunate flip side of this is that boys are learning lace, at least in >the US. �I've heard from several school-teachers who brought in lace as an >after-school activity for the kids, and they've got a surprising number of >boys joining in. �Even Junior High kids (early teens), who are so terribly >concerned with what's cool, are taking up lace! �And when I demonstrate, I >get almost as many boys trying it as girls. �But almost no men. :( <snipped> >Robin P. If possible I suggest you get a copy of Gervase Phinn's books on being a school inspector and read his story of the boys making cross stitch. This explains all. Anyway, on a more serious note - lacemaking has always appealed to boys because of it's mathematical nature - to them it is like sticking an airfix aeroplane together - obvious where the bits go. When you show a boy the pattern in which part you work after which part they always pick that up quickly, whilst girls find manipulating the bobbins easier. Horses for courses but it shows why it appeals to both sexes -- Regards Liz Beecher I'm <A HREF="http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>blogging</A> now - see what it's all about - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
