There are *many* excellent teachers on this list, and I don't claim to
be one of them. However, I do think that one of the best things you can
do for a new student is direct them to a good book which they can keep
and refer to as they progress. The one I recommend is "The Torchon Lace
Workbook" by Bridget Cook. If each student has one, then it saves you
the drudgery of coming up with new designs for these very early, but
important exercises, and they have the information in one place for
future reference.
Clay
On 4/6/2010 8:18 AM, Elizabeth Shipp wrote:
Hi all,
I have two colleagues who have now started bobbin lace and want to
continue. I started each of them with cloth stitch (CTC), just making a
narrow strip to get the movements and the "rules" of bobbin lace down.
I'm not sure that I am the best teacher they could have, as once I had had
the first couple lessons I just jumped in at the deep end and started
splashing around with great abandon.
My planning for these ladies is, more or less in this order:
- cloth stitch ground (already introduced)
- whole stitch (CTCT)
- trading working and footside pairs
- half-stitch ground (CT)
- braids / plaits (CTCT ad infinitum)
- various other grounds as needed for their chosen laces; one colleague has
chosen Bucks/Bayeux, one has yet to choose as she just started today
- gimps
- working through a series of patterns in their chosen lace(s), introducing
new techniques
Does this sound like a reasonable progression? Am I leaving anything out?
Thanks for your help!
Best regards
Elizabeth
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