[lace] Teachers and teaching

[Margot Walker]

Our very small lace group has solved this problem by separating the 
teaching and social sides of making lace.  We meet once a month to make 
lace and chat and help each other out with specific problems.  Courses 
are held separately - different time, place, and schedule.  A group of 
miniaturists that I was a member of in Montreal, solved the problem a 
different way.  Those who wanted to learn or make the monthly project 
sat at the front of the room.  Those who wanted to socialize sat at the 
back.

On Wednesday, March 17, 2004, at 01:53  PM, Clay Blackwell wrote:

Our guild has a mix of new lacemakers (who make up the
majority of our regular attendees) and members who have been
making lace for quite a few years.  I think that the social
aspect of informal gatherings like ours can be detrimental
to the purpose.  Unfortunately, it is not at all uncommon
for the chatter to be distracting and not at all related to
lace.  This makes it harder for the teacher AND for the
students, and it makes it nearly impossible for someone who
is working on a difficult piece to concentrate.  I find
myself maintaining a separate pillow just for guild
meetings - and it has practice bits on it, which don't
require too much concentration.  But I know that some
members of our group have just given up and stay at home to
make lace.
Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
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