In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Elizabeth Ligeti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Sounds like the Tatting person is everywhere!!
Sometimes, when the person concerned is grinning ear to ear, you can tell it is another lacemaker having you on.... (I once had a group from the Ring of Tatters, demonstrating at a show at the NEC, in hysterics after the parting shot of "oh, get on with your macramé!") But, and I have said this before, there is a reason for the confusion in the UK at least. One of the books on the history of the Nottingham Lace industry refers to "tattings" - being odd lengths of *machine-made* lace - edgings and insertions. So, to many of my mother's and grandmother's generation, the bobbin lace we are working produces something that looks the same as that which they would have called a tatting - and hence, in their minds, we *are* tatting. I keep a shuttle with me, to explain the *hand made* lace terms! The thing is, not to be thrown by any question asked when you are demonstrating - the least connected this year was from someone who wanted to know how decoupage was done! (the stand next to me was selling decoupage prints). This is where the range of craft techniques you learnt to teach to Guides comes in very handy! -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
