Susan wrote: No one has a report on the Chicago lace day/s or elsewhere, and updates on what is happening at Sweet Briar? LOLSusan Reishus
I did write a little about the Chicago L.A.C.E. Lace Day but it was about my beginners class. Maybe someone else can write about their experiences. I had little time to enjoy the vendors and display as my class ended up taking all day, but I did manage to pick up my pre-ordered shopping and a couple of bobbins. I bought an ethafoam pillow from Kenn van Dieren along with a rotary hackle plier. I have been using these when working with short lengths of gimp thread. I bought a brass one from Kenn in Montreal at the IOLI convention, but this new one is wooden like a Midlands bobbin. I have a couple of others made in wood and Corian by Richard Worthen. The Beds piece I had been working had a number of short gimps so I was looking for more of them. I did a search on the Cabelas outdoor suppliers website and they have two rotary ones available but I have not seen them or know how much they weigh. We have one of these stores not too far away so if get a chance to go in that direction I might venture in. When I first passed the sign I thought it was for an Italian restaurant. Janice From: Janice Blair <[email protected]> Subject: smelly book/lace day To: "lace" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 6:45 PM Yesterday I had 6 new lace students. Three finished the butterfly project. Two had to leave early and finished one side and one was a little slow, probably due to her age and forgetfulness. I haven't given up on her and as she is a friend she can come to my house for more instruction. Several in the class came from other States such as Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin. A couple of them were younger, probably in their thirties which is encouraging. One of those joined the guild and I hope she keeps coming so we can nurture her interest in lace. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
