Or it may just skip a generation, Clay, like it did in my family. The people in my parents' generation just were not fiber/textile crafty types, although my mother minored in art in college (watercolors and such). But there's me <g>, and a wonderful grandfather who was a weaver, and came from a long line of weavers. I would have been thrilled to have inherited some of his tools or drafts or one of his looms, but, alas, he died when I was a young child, and it was all sold at auction or something. So maybe one of your grandsons will be the real inheritor of your skills and interests? ;o) --Sue (who has to fit far too many lace and textile activities into her own full schedule, but it's important to me! <g>)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clay Blackwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 4:10 PM Subject: Re: [lace] future of Lacemaking > Another reason for the relative "senior" status of new lacemakers is that > unless a young woman is fortunate enough to marry someone who can support > her "domestic goddess" status, she is required to work to contribute to the > family income. Adding children to the mix creates someone whose time is > divided between full-time mom, full-time employee, and full-time > house-drone (the term goddess having long-since been given up!). > > My own DD is a perfect example of this. When she was young, I tried to > teach her to sew, but she wanted none of it. Once she was off to college, > however, she taught herself to sew because a) dorm curtains were cheaper > this way and b) she could make money making them for others. She is first > and foremost an artist (but earns her salary as a teacher). I have tried > to encourage her to learn to make lace, but she isn't interested. Her life > is entirely too busy, and their home is defined by their sons... There is > no "safe haven" for lacemaking supplies and equipment, nor does she have > the hours of quiet solitude which contribute so well to absorbing the > skills. > > I have told my DD that she will inherit my lacemaking things but I don't > want her to sell them until her children have homes of their own. By then, > she will probably be at an ideal stage to appreciate the art, and will have > everything she needs to try it. If she doesn't "take" to it, she can then > sell the things and do what pleases her with the money she gets. She has > indicated that she would like to have them, since they have meant so much > to me, but is still skeptical. > > Still... there's hope. > > Clay - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
