Hi everyone and Devon On 10/25/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One problem that I observe with drawing the young into our deviant > lifestyle, is that none of the lace lessons around here are in cities.
Likewise in cities in general - but you mention 'our deviant lifestyle.' Those of similar mind are likely to find us, perhaps in just as devious ways. The internet is a wonderful place: out of the blue, I was contacted by a young university student anxious to learn lace, and buy supplies but not by mail order. She subscribed to Arachne, wanted to understand the lacemaking messages. It happened we had the lace conference, with suppliers, in Victoria BC - she literally jogged into our suppliers' room, happily bought bobbins and The Torchon Lace Workbook, and jogged out again. I cannot know what path her lacemaking will take, I'd like to think she might be one to offer a course eventually. > have the time or doggedness to negotiate the public transportation out to the > suburbs, carrying a lace pillow with them on a bus. Yes, Lace Stuff in general is cumbersome -- but there are travel pillows, particularly the A-frame with shoulder strap, or something that tucks into the backpack can be rigged (a folding ethafoam plank arrangement comes to mind).If there is to be the Ideal Lace Class in the city - it has to have cachet to attract the young person. > for $250. (It is a sign of my veteran status in the craft world, I guess, > that I quickly surmised that it would be the most costly $250 necklace, > ever.) LOL half the value is in the process - like attending lace conference and finishing the class project - in terms of $ spent, the motif can be worth upwards in the thousands of dollars (counting travel, lodging, and of course class fee, purchase of extra materials, a book to go with - the experience though is priceless ). My first lace efforts seemed costly to me - in 1985 I paid $25 for the pillow, $18 for the bobbins, $6 for the thread, $100 for lessons (20 @ 5.00 each, including a pattern for each lesson), gas in my car to get there and back and the evening with DH minding the kids, no time in between lessons to practice, because I was mom-ming, determined to 'know' this interesting craft I'd seen demonstrated at a craft fair, and not being any the wiser, for all the time spent, and feeling poorer in the pocket, because I hadn't figured out the simplicity of lace...and not for another 10 years - when I found the Arachne lace list, suddenly a whole new world opened up (not to mention time became available to me), and remains as stimulating, bless all the decadonians -- bye for now Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
