I forgot to write about my shawl pin class yesterday. It was great. I am not the best metal worker in the world, but I did come away with about 6 pins in copper and brass. The class was with Leslie Wind, you can see what we made at www.lesliewind.com/ She was an excellent teacher. Now I have something else I can make for my table at the next craft sale,and Leslie gave us plenty of wire as she did not want to ship it back east so I will have to think up my own designs. Instead of doodling lace designs I will be thinking in wire for a while.
All those that wrote and said I was paying for the experience were right and I really enjoyed it. I did not win at the art show but got lots of compliments on my lace. The guy who was supervising the room liked to listen in to the comments when people realised my cake was fibre and not real. He got a kick from the "low calorie, high fiber birthday cake" title. A quilt won, followed by two felted pieces. I guess bobbin lace needs more exposure and I doubt the judges knew much about the subject. I did meet a number of ladies who had traveled long distances to take the beginning BL class, as far as Texas, from Arachne Sylvie Nguyen and a number of them said she was the best teacher they had taken a class from at the fair. That was before they knew I was a friend. <g> They were impressed that the kits provided were good, including bobbins wound because of the number of newbies, and that she and her helper were very knowledgeable. I also got to meet Galina Khlmeleva who was teaching a shawl knitting class under the next canopy to our metal class. She will be one of our teachers next year so it was nice to meet someone I was corresponding with. I finally couldn't resist on Sunday and I bought two lots of yarn, then I managed to buy a hank of variegated bobbly mohair in the silent auction. So I guess I was a "winner" after all! I hope that it does become an annual event for the midwest as it was wonderful. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://jblace.wordpress.com/ http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
