I'm glad you enjoyed it, Malvary. I actually began this email about 2 weeks ago when I came back from the 2 day continuing professional education seminar. The little roller travel pillow had to sit on the table, so it wasn't really the right height, but there were rows of seminar tables, rather close together, so I couldn't set up the lace stand. (An insTand, btw, great for travel, and at home, satisfied customer, etc.)
I, too mark my pillow when I start, so I can see my progress. Malvary, do you ever concern yourself with speedier practices? lrb -----Original Message----- >From: Malvary Cole <[email protected]> >Sent: Jun 21, 2011 9:12 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [lace] Lace yardage -speed > >I found this an interesting message. While I've made lots of small pieces, >done designs, taught others, taken lessons to learn new types of lace, I >also have a couple of pillows that have yardage on them. > >They are my "go back to to relax and do some mindless lacemaking for a >while" pillows. The patterns are now so familiar that I can go back to >something "comfortable" that isn't a challenge. > >They are the pillows I take when I go out to do a demonstration because I >can talk and carry on a conversation while working on them. I did a whole >day demonstration recently and did about 4 inches of a 2-3 inch wide piece. >I usually put in coloured pins to show where I start, so people can see how >long it takes and have an appreciation of why I don't sell my lace. > >Lyn - if you are getting backache then you need to adjust either the height >of your chair, or your pillow. I made lace from 9:00 to 4:00 and the only >times I got up to stretch was to exercise my knees, but it certainly wasn't >for my back. > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
