Vivienne, the kit that you first used, made by Dryad, is not actually such a bad kit. It is certainly not made to last through years of lacemaking, but at least the materials approximate the things we use when we buy "real" equipment.
The horror kit, on the other hand, is made in the US and contains a piece of press-board which one is supposed to fold in order to prop it at an angle. Of course, the folds never hold, and the "pillow" is so lightweight that it flops about if you try to tension. The bobbins are (or were) huge and totally out of proportion, and the instruction was minimal. And if one DID persevere to make a pattern, then the board had permanent pinholes in it which would certainly make working a different pattern quite challengind. Unless one were REALLY interested in learning the art of lacemaking (such as Weronika...), the inadequacy of the kit would be totally off-putting. Clay ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Horror kit > I know what you mean about the "kit" but it was the first lace pillow I ever > had. My husband was a head teacher and I was talking in his staff room about > crafts. I said I had always fancied Lace. One of his classroom assistants said > she had the "stuff" in her attic. I paid �10 for a old Dryad kit which had a > flock pillow, plastic bobbins, plastic beads, rusty pins and a piece of half > worked lace which you will all know. A Circle with cloth stitch fans and > spiders. So simple but it fascinated me! I bought it and worked it backwards > to see > how it was done. The rest is history. I am Vivienne from Biggins :-) So even > rubbish kits can enthuse. > > KEEP LACING, TATTING, CROCHETING AND EMBROIDERING, VIVIENNE, BIGGINS > > - > 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]
