I must have had the worst teacher ever, won't mention her name, as some
of you may know her.
I went to a mixed needlework class in the mid-nineties, and found that
there was one other lady of 73 wanting to learn bobbin lace.
The rest of the group all wanted to learn tatting, embroidery etc.
I had recently bought a Dryad kit, and wanted to know how and where to
start; not knowing anything about bobbin lace and the
different varieties of lace there are.
The teacher started us both of on the "bandage" pattern that comes with
the kit.
No instructions on how to wind the bobbins, how to start etc. were
given, just a short demonstration and then for us "to get on with it".
She was horrid to the individuals in class, upstaging my fellow lace
maker with public comments "another one that cannot count to four" etc.
As I was teaching adult ed myself (languages), I had a quiet word with
her about her behaviour towards the class, most of whom were pensioners.
I myself was 42 at the time, and a tatter was under 50.
After a couple of classes we gave up going, and continued by ourselves.
Audrey became and is still a firm friend, but never took to bobbin lace,
so in the end I continued on my own, and learned most things the hard
way. After a couple of years work pressures forced me to give up altogether.
Eventually my work load was reduced and I picked my bobbins up again and
Mike (now retired) made me the bobbins he'd always promised me.
Through selling bobbins on ebay, I eventually met (or rather re-met) Sue
Duckles, who lives local and introduced me to two local lace groups.
We now go to class together, lace fairs, lace meetings, and next month
on a course with Christine Springett. The first time for Sue, the fourth
time for me.
I often wonder, whether I would now be a better lace maker, had I had a
better, more people-friendly teacher then. I probably would not have
given up so
quickly at the time.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK where the sun is just coming through.
Sue wrote:
---- Alice Howell <[email protected]> wrote:
Most of the time I do reverse lace to find a problem, but sometimes
it's just not worth it. If it's a gift for someone, then I make extra
fforts. ----
I had a great lace teacher.
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