In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jane Atkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >The fun thing about the BBC is that when I thanked the >chap for taking me seriously, he said it was because his mother was a >lacemaker when he grew up. Just shows the power of a good education! I knew of at least two other BBC wives who made lace when I was working for them at Pebble Mill, Birmingham - though all three husbands have since moved on to more lucrative pastures (Mine and one of the others are now self-employed, the third moved to the Isle of Man). Doing C&G Lace, a fellow student was formerly a BBC Costume Designer.
The easiest way to educate is to take your pillow/shuttle/needle in to work on in your lunch hour - they see, even if they don't ask questions! At one doctors' surgery when I was temping, it led to a request for a demo at a garden fete. And you get some lace done - 1 hour equals 15 minutes sandwich, 45 minutes lace. As to the fibre optics, I wouldn't fancy trying the cable, but DH had a fibre installation to do and so I have some Kevlar fibres to play with, when I get round to it (too busy trying to stay awake and helping DD1 with one week old GD1 - Crystal Anne - at the moment). The Kevlar is hair fine, yellow and very strong, used for pulling the cable in (you pull the Kevlar sheath, not the cable, otherwise the glass fibre may break, rendering it useless). I'm quite happy helping pull in and terminate ordinary network cable, just think of it as working with big string (though that's still probably quite fine to you, Jane!) and it is also worked in pairs (colour coded, so it is easier than lace) but will leave the fibre to DH, who knows what he is doing with it! -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
