Hi All - Devon and Jeri particularly! I think the difficulty of arranging lace classes to suit all comers is a big difficulty, but I wonder if there are any lace teachers in other parts of the world, who do what I do in the UK. I have my name and details spread about all over the place - libraries, craft places, shops etc - and because the Local Education Authority (LEA) wanted 18/20 beginners in a class, weekly student assessments, and a scheme of progress similar for every student, as well as enough paperwork every week to totally submerge the QEII, I decided to have nothing more to do with the LEA! So - the classes I run now are private, in the same rooms at the same schools, but nothing to do with the LEA - which means I don't get as much money as I would for a LEA class, and I have to hire the rooms from the schools, and provide the (Lace Guild) Insurance for the classes. But - they are well-attended, and I do have several youngsters who are learning to make lace. The adult classes both have youngsters who started at 14 - one is now 18, and the other 16 - which would not be allowed in *Adult* Education Leisure classes, and the classes of smaller children - about 8 years to 14 years, when they transfer to the Adult classes if they wish - are monthly, in my home or in the homes of the children, rotating every month.
So - maybe someone who either has children/grandchildren at the city schools, or knows the neighbour next door's children, could contact the school(s), and see if they would be willing to hire the school room privately to the Tutor, advertise it locally, and see how it goes. It may well be quite slow to start with but, judging from my own experience, it does take off after a while. The tutor may never make a fortune - just enough to keep her in threads and bobbins! - but it is a way of getting lace-making to a wider audience. So - I do hope that this could be a way of getting youngsters - and adults! - into lace-making. I do know that it isn't very financially rewarding, but it is very rewarding indeed in a lace-making way! Carol - in Suffolk UK. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Arachne dowagers/future of Lacemaking (Long reply) > Assuming we had someone willing to teach lace in New York. Where would they > do it? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
