Rhiannon - out of interest, what sort of things do you make if you manage to avoid hankies and stuff? I'm also 23, and frillyness just really isn't my thing! :o)
Devon - Personally, I'd look in brochures at the local college or on noticeboards to find classes for something I wanted to do. ALthough, thinking about it, I'd probably search the web for info about local courses/groups/whatever first. It's how I ended up subscribed to Arachne and how I found out about the suppliers fair a few miles from me a month or so ago. I think a lot of people my age will always look at the web before trying to find info in a more traditional form involving paper. However, craft just isn't something that a lot of young people do any more. I've got a 11 year-old Guide who I know has never made a pompom before. The only time I've ever heard someone around my age say that they went to a craft fair, it's always been with their parents or grandparents. Also, if someone tried to do a demonstration, the chances are that the only hall they'd be able to get would be a church hall or a community centre - neither of which often seem particularly enticing places. I think word of mouth is the biggest thing. Someone finds out that there's a salsa class running at one of the bars in town and manages to convince a couple of friends to go along so they don't look so silly all by themselves. Knitting's fashionable now because some of the Hollywood stars have been spotted knitting backstage. Here in the UK, various different classes are run in the evenings by further education colleges or the local education authority as part of their adult education thing. All of the courses are listed in a big catalogue, arts & crafts, languages, exercise, computing, etc, etc. I know that we're the enlightened ones :o) but which sounds the more interesting out of "Beginners Bobbin Lace" and "Contemporary Ceramics for Beginners"? Even if someone is intrigued enough to find out a bit more, a fully set-up pillow does look horribly complicated. A lot of people have said to me that they don't have the patience to make lace, yet I know they have the patience to do things like cross-stitch, making friendship bracelets and french-plait their own hair - all of which share some technique with lace (following patterns, controlling lots of threads and complicated plaits)
I didn't mean for that paragraph to become that long just to say "the internet, but lace isn't a trendy thing to do". Hmmm.
Helen, Somerset, UK
At 20:33 19/03/2005, Rhiannon Mann wrote:
Is being under 25 considered young for a lacemaker then? I am sorry to inform you that i'm only 23. I have been showing people the wonders of lacemaking that doesn't necessarily mean doileys and hankeys (which are still lovely but not for the youth of today)!
Part of my master plan is the now COMPLETED horse - HORRAH!! he is going to be on the webshots tonight for you all to see.
Happy Easter to you all
Rhiannon
Helen in Somerset, UK
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