Hi Clay, Thanks for that quick response!
Actually, as they are both non-native-English speakers (one French, one Italian), I have been thinking about Les bases de la dentelle au fuseau, by Mick Fouriscot. Does anyone have any experience with or opinion on that book? I do have some of Mme Fouriscout's other books, but they are more focused on one type of lace or another than I think this one might be. Best regards Elizabeth On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Clay Blackwell <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >> >> - >> To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: >> unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to >> [email protected] >> >> >> > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
