Well said. Lyn from Lancaster, PA, USA where it's night and cold, and the snow's on the ground. "In the bleak midwinter" comes to mind.
-----Original Message----- >From: Lorelei Halley <[email protected]> >Sent: Jan 12, 2011 3:59 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [lace] Whole Stitch > >When I was still teaching, I can remember an evening when my students were >getting really frustrated by the lack of conformity in terminology. "Why >can't you all just agree on a set of terms?" (Spoken with irritation and a >grumpy tone of voice.) I said "that's bobbin lace. Deal with it!". But >actually the disagreements about terminology result from that fact that we >don't tend to stay only within the territory of our native local tradition >when it comes to bobbin lace. Most of us are fascinated by all those other >national and regional traditions, in other languages, and on other continents. >The richness of this world tradition is what causes the terminology problem. >And, personally, I'll happily put up with terminology disagreements so long >as I can access all those traditions. >Lorelei > >- >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]
