I once had a new student like yours, Debbie in Florida. My student had done some weaving, so she almost immediately "saw" what was going on, and happily went on her way. She came for lessons that I am sure she really did not need, as she understood each pattern I presented to her, straight away, and off she went, at a fast rate. I almost felt reduntant!!!!!!!! :))
The Australian Lace Guild expects at least 30% of a pattern to be changed for it to be an Adaptation. Just changing the stitches, or adding a footside instead of winkie pins is not enough. An Original design whould have to be much more 'Original" than that. Like Clay, I can accept "Inspired by" or something similar. - I have done that, but I acknowledge where the inspiration comes from - and if possible, request permission to play around with the design, or use an element of it. Most people are happy to say Yes! Especially if they are named, or their book is named from which the inspiration/original design is taken. A little bit of old fashioned courtesy goes a Long way! David, that mat is Beautiful Congratulations. Regards from Liz in Melbourne [email protected] -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 354 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
