My first learning patterns came with no information at all, just the
pricking. I had lessons each week for 2 hours, but of course my time was
rarely more than 10 or maybe 15 overal, and when I got home I might struggle
on a bit. I found that by printing out part of the pattern large I could
draw in pencil lines to help me work out where the threads might be going
next and how. This was especially helpful when I made the bedfordshire
hanky piece.
After I joined arachne after my teacher retired I got to know about
Christine Springett and have worked quite a few of her pieces. I find all
that written info difficult to follow and work the pattern, even though I
read them first and then try to follow it through, but can work from a
working diagram reasonably well and sometimes very well. Once I have
worked an inch or two of the lace I feel more comfortable and more competant
as a general rule. Of course I still find mistakes when the lace is made,
but thats like proof reading written text and then finding spelling mistakes
afterwards, <g>. I am a little more forgiving of my mistakes now than 8
years ago when I used to moan about them. Firstly I make lace for my
enjoyment and when a piece is good enough I can enjoy giving it to someone,
it I think its a mess then it goes into my file.
Sue T
Dorset UK
Reminds me of how Ulrike Loehr structured her "Maikaefer, flieg!". The
first
patterns have lots of instructions, the latter less and less. I try to
encourage my students to draw their own route-maps when they find a
pattern
with too little instructions. Consider it a phase in learning levels.
I always worry about the modern trend of making lace
fillowing route map charts. This is only another form of
'making lace by numbers'. A true lacemaker is able to 'read a
pricking'
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