From: Addicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Isn't Swedish Skansk lace (?spelling) worked from a graph?  I 
> recall this from 20 years ago.

I've not seen it on a graph.  When I took the class from Marji Suhm, we 
did not use a graph.  Nor are there graphs in the book by (Nordfors? 
Nordhoff?  something like that).  It's done on a roller that has 
striped fabric (like mattress ticking, only finer) and you use the 
stripes to gauge where to put the pins.


> Also, a good teacher should 
> be able to teach with just about whatever a student shows up with -
> teaching lace is essentially one-on-one.  

Certainly a good teacher can teach with whatever her students show up 
with, but a student may have all sorts of trouble if she has the wrong 
tools.  Heavy bobbins with a fine thread, for example, can mean lots of 
breaking threads.  And the problems associated with inappropriate tools 
can be terribly frustrating to the student, especially a beginner.  I 
certainly don't believe you have to have all authentic, traditional 
tools to make each type of lace, but still it can still be a good idea 
to not go *too* far away from what's traditional.  There's often a 
reason for why they used that and not something else.

Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
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