I like to take my lace with me on vacation. I have a project for travel, on an ethafoam pillow, one that preferably fits in a backpack, certainly in a suitcase. I find that whilst on vacation, I have the chunk of time I prefer to actually sit down and make lace. I have done lace by the pool on a cruise ship, especially nice, but don't get a tall gin and tonic, as you'll make mistakes. I also took my lace whilst camping at Acadia National Park in Maine, US, where I took pictures of all the places I made lace, and breathtakingly beautiful they are, too. Also one on the Common in Bar Harbor, where I have a picture of a man taking a picture of me making lace. If you want to raise consciousness about making lace, a very important concept in the US, where you also need a small sign saying, "This is NOT tatting," doing it on vacation, in leisure places where people have the time to stop and ask questions is very efficient. One man thought I was tying flies for fishing. I find there is something special about making lace in special places. The only drawback is that you don't get much lacemaking done, unless you're in a secluded spot, like the bottom of Long Pond in Acadia National Park, where there are few people. I will never forget that beautiful afternoon. lrb
-----Original Message----- >From: lacel...@verizon.net >Sent: Jul 31, 2010 7:18 PM >To: >Cc: lace@arachne.com >Subject: [lace] Re: (Inter) National Lacemaking Day > > National Lacemaking Day sounds neat....however, my inquiries show the >National referred to is UK. > >Isn't it about time that it's changed to International Lacemaking Day? >Anyone know how that can be done? > >By the way, after doing your lacemaking in public to celebrate National >Lacemaking Day on Sept 11, wait a couple days and celebrate on Sept 13 >with International Chocolate Day. > >Alice in Oregon Jul 26, 2010 09:49:19 AM, jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk wrote: A while back we were talking about making lace at railway stations, and I mentioned the idea of "Making Lace on the Train" (or in the museum)for National Lacemaking Day - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com