Just returned from Ithaca this afternoon after attending the 23rd Annual Lace Day there. It was an enjoyable event but then I am biased. As a vendor and the vendor chairman for the event, I have a vested interest in it being well attended and enjoyed by the attendees. Because I had to stay in my selling stall on Saturday I missed the lecture and slides by Pat Read called "Milanese Lace and Its Modern Development". No doubt some of the other attendees will tell you about it.
Deborah and I did drive down on Friday so that we could attend the reception in the evening and be ready for Saturday morning. Vendors start setting up at 7 am and it is a two hour drive for us from Rochester. Those who know me also know I am not a morning person. <grin> A lot of people were impressed with the 5-metre lace attempt that I am making and had on display. Or at least impressed that someone would be crazy enough to attempt something like this. I now have 19-1/2 inches of a 6 inch wide design finished. Still a bit to go for a 16' 4-3/4" requirement. While I did not close the stall early for the lecture, I did have to close early for a class. We stayed over this year so that Deborah could take a needlelace class from Gretchen Allgeier and I could take the "Deciphering Leaves and Tallies" class from Josee Poupart. My class was really a very good learning experience but also frustrating for me as well. While I became quite adapt at breaking threads, (15 threads on a pattern that used 18 pair) I fell further behind with the learning project. It is a lovely pattern with six wheat ears resting above a half stitch background. And the leaves were an entirely different colour from the rest. I am afraid that Josee feels that I did not learn from it but I disagree. While I could not execute the pattern then, I did understand the information she was trying to impart. Certainly anyone having an opportunity to attend the class should do so. And I did promise to have a finished piece for her to see when I attend the Ottawa Lace Day on 28 March, 2004. We stayed over today as well because of a class that Deborah had but I did not take one today. So spent the day working on the 5-metre lace until time to leave. And the leaves had changed quite dramatically between the trip down and the return. Very lovely now. *************************************** Kenn Van-Dieren Bobbins by Van-Dieren 2304 Clifford Avenue Rochester, NY 14609-3825 Tel: 585.654.5711 Cell: 585.750.8842 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: www.bobbinmaker.com ***************************************** - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
