Except conventions there's another point of concern to attract young lacemakers. Let me tell my own story. I started lace making at my mid-teens with a few books. Those days I never thought of seeking contact with other lace makers, lacemaking was just one of many things I experimented with. I just happened to have a lacemaking classmate between the age of 18-22 we exchanged a few patterns but didn't work together, the mainly male classmates sniggerd already enough. Wonder what became of her. No internet those days. Just one computer with about 8 terminals for more than 90 informatics students.
At a working but still single age the lack of contact became troublesome, for example I couldn't find thread thin enough for Honiton so I started to unravel all kinds of cloth. Most threads were too week, others made my bobbins jump all over the pillow. But then I discoverd a booklet with a contact adress. The woman lived almost at a walking distance! I wanted courses for the more complicated lace types. Despite the crowded city where I lived then, no evening lessons were available at a bycicle distance. Only at daytime but then I had to work for a living. Years later I bought myself a car, then she located for me a reachable group gathering at evenings. My later husband called it a kantkloskletsklubje. A word to break your tongue (which k is followes by an l and which not?). Kantklos is lace bobbin, kletsen is chit-chatting, klubje is a little group. Not very much teaching but a lot of inspiration and opportunities to find the specilized lace suppliers. Just what I needed, as a course might have required too much time to keep up with the rest off the class. Today I feel guilty as I myself am teaching (beginners) only at daytime on my one-day off per week. But I need the evening to recover enough to be able to sleep and go sound to work the next day. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
