Devon wrote: Perhaps we should all make it a point to never leave the house for a fancy occasion, gallery opening, night at the opera, etc. without some hand made lace or lace jewelry on. At the recent craft fair I was demonstrating lace making. I also had 6 knitted neckpieces for sale. I call them neckpieces as they are larger than a necklace. I wore one whilst I was lacing and I felt at one point that I had an audience so I looked up and said "Ask me a question - anything" to which the reply was "Where did you get that thing?", indicating my neckpiece. I showed them the neckpieces on our table which lying there just looked like a pile of furry yarn and also mentioned another piece on a dummy around the corner. During the day I went to check the dummy as we were also using it to display some of our scarves. That neckpiece had gone along with one of the scarves. I took the one from around my neck and put it on the dummy. I went back to our table for another scarf for the dummy and when I got back the second neckpiece had gone. I sold 4 of them whilst demonstrating that day. The other two remained unsold on subsequent days, probably because no-one saw how they were worn. Another question was for the pattern and I could truthfully reply that I did not have one as each one is unique. I have sold a number of scarves from around my neck at different functions, I guess when people ask about them and I offer them for sale maybe they are too embarrassed to back down. I prefer to think they see something they could not buy in Walmart and grab the opportunity. Maybe if we wore more lace at functions or sales we could drum up more interest in it as a sellable commodity. Janice P.S. I thought a lappet was worn on the head but didn't want to express my ignorance as I was sure that lace was a collar shape rather than a lappet shape.
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