----- Original Message ----- From: The Mouzons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > All the talk about getting youger people interested in lacemaking > made me wonder...how did you find out about lacemaking?
I'm not a lace sort of person, but one day my mom and I saw a woman demonstrating BL and we were both captivated. I was in grad school and so too busy to look hard for a class, but my mom found one and I (visiting one weekend) got to attend one of her lessons. That got me started a little. I used the roller from a collapsible pillow she'd made (by then she'd bought a Swedish pillow), some clothespins for bobbins, and sewing thread. It was a torchon sampler (assorted diamonds in torchon ground strip) and I learned enough to even design a piece of my own. It would have turned out better if I'd known about turning stitches as it has two zigzag trails that met at the center in a funky way. Then I moved to Pittsburgh and didn't go any farther with BL for awhile, till I saw another woman demonstrating at the annual Folk Festival. She taught at the local community college but when I called they denied it (that wasn't the only trouble she had from them over the years). Then I saw an ad in Piecework magazine, that she was going to teach *at my work*! And it was about to start next week! So I jumped on that and have been swinging those sticks for 15 years or so since then. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
