In a message dated 24/08/2004 21:14:05 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I think it is fairly obvious that when it comes to showing how a particular > stitch is done, or how some technique works, a standard diagram can be > invaluable, and not using one where it is appropriate, on grounds of tradition or > authenticity, is counter-productive > and not very sensible at best. I have had a period of about 6 years where I made minimal lace - about 3 or 4 pieces a year and have realised that my empathy for patterns had diminished. I had got to the point where I could look at a pattern and feel how it should be made. Now I intellectually know but don't have that empathy because I'm not making lace all the time. Yes, it will come back but in the mean time I thought that using diagrams would help me but this has been a two edged sword. Yes, it's allowed me to make pieces that I would have shied away from recently (but happily done before) but then I realised that it's made me dependent on the diagrams so I've started to go back to the way I learnt to make lace - and that's to look at the picture of the lace and feel how it is made. It's working! I'm getting the old empathy back. Regards Liz in London I'm back blogging my latest lace piece - have a look by clicking on the link or going to http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
