Sylvia dislocated her knee a couple of months ago. She is somewhat crippled up from that, so that gives her a bit more time at the pillow. Further, she is like a dog with a bone or should I say a lot of them. She laces 6 to 8 hours a day and I have gotten up a few times at 2 or 3 A.M. to find her sitting in a dark house with just the OTT light on over her pillow, pins in her mouth and both hands moving bobbins back and forth. She says that is because she can't find a good "stopping" place. She laces even while watching T.V. and if she could lace while eating, she would. She does not pre-prick and believes pre-pricking a waste of time and effort. In seven years she has had one class, Floral Bucks with Holly Van Sciver. She taught herself with John Hensel's tapes and every lace book she could buy. Is there not a Lacer's Anonymous out there somewhere?
Tom, Sylvia's DH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian & Chelle Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 9:44 AM Subject: [lace] RE: Channer's Mat > Gidday Sylvia and all, > > >I just finished Miss Channer's Mat. Tricky little devil. > >You can see it and some of my other finished projects on my web site > > Congratulations. As someone who is nearly half way through it I am envious > that you have finished already. I can't believe you've done it so fast! I > started it in Feb this year, and even with 3 months of not doing any due to > it being in storage when we moved, I still can't imagine doing it in such a > short time. You must not have slept, ate, cooked, washed or done anything > else during that time! I try to do at least an hour a day, don't always > manage it but usually do, and still I can't comprehend finishing it so > quickly. I'll be lucky to get it done by Christmas, which is my current aim. > Trouble is there are so many other lace/craft projects beckoning to me to be > done! I just received the Tina book and also Binche Syllabus I, so my list > of patterns waiting to be done just keeps getting longer and longer. > > Michelle > an Aussie living in Suriname > > > Ian & Chelle Long > +597 352505 > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
