I bought the dowel and some long wooden beads years ago with the intent of using it to make long bobbins for doing yarn lace. It is on my "someday" list.
Teaching - well my guild is having it's third class this year for beginners in November and without any advertising we already have 9 people on the list! The first class earlier in the year was a success with some new members and the followup "continuing" class also included 5 new beginners, 4 of which joined the guild. Now we have decided to offer a class on a special day rather than eat into our guild meeting days. I came up with a new simple pattern this time that should be able to be completed easily in the 4 hours this class will have, and that will include them doing some winding of bobbins and pricking the pattern. Our guild members help out by sitting alongside the newbies, one-on-one if possible, and this takes the burden off the person running the class of being everywhere all at the same time. I am concerned that if we keep growing at this rate, we will outgrow our meeting room which is very convenient and economical for us at present. I developed an easy bookmark pattern, just uploaded it to the second page of my arachne webshots album: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/149126673AmIpMo?start=0 If anyone wants a to proof read my class notes and get the pattern, email me. The piece uses 7 pairs of bobbins and 35/2 linen thread. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
