I quite agree that Guild membership isn't an ideal way of estimating the number of lace-makers in the UK but other than trekking around every individual lace group in the country - of which there appear to be a great many - I'm not really sure how else to go about it. Any better suggestions will be welcomed with open arms!
Part of the project will talk about why membership appears to have fallen and I will state that it isn't a particularly reliable indication of the no. of lace makers. I do also plan to do an analysis of the 'green pages' in 'Lace' and look through 'Lace Circle' to try and determine the number of lace days/groups/teachers etc so hopefully combined with memebership figures it might give a better indication. Again, it's far from perfect.
Anyone with a better method please speak up! Thanks Julia
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