I did another session of advertising lace tonight. There is a Fiber Festival being held in Crystal Lake again and the organizer has arranged for crafts people to "do it in public". We met inside a local Tea shop in a large outdoor shopping mall. I took my small pillow with a flower on it. I had the first inch done (I was hoping the tv interviewer would have a go last week but did not have the opportunity to persuade him), and I finished the flower, as well as letting others have a go on it. A number of people had seen or heard about the tv thing so I was quite popular, and I was the only one not knitting. I handed out my card, which has all our local lace web addresses on it and info about convention. I mentioned that Sylvie Nguyen was teaching a beginner bobbin lace class at the Fiber Festival and also at our convention, so maybe she will be busy this summer.
Next week we are meeting at Panera Bread in another local town. It was a nice evening of crafty fellowship. Some people ate dinner so the tea shop didn't mind us occupying an area for two hours. I might even have recruited a waitress who is originally from Edinburgh to my British group. The weather was rainy but there were about 20 of us, most of them had their first sight of a lace pillow. I did meet a Puerto Rican lady whose grandmother had tried to teach her bobbin lace but she was afraid to touch my pillow. Maybe next week. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ www.landoflincolnlacemakers.com Check for class spaces, many are full. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
