Hi Lynn - not really speed. I find I get into the swing of things and
obviously some patterns go a lot quicker than others. I do a fair bit of
Idrija which is quite quick to finish as there are so few pairs -just the
sewings slow you down, but they are easy because they are just into a loop.
Interesting that when I was at the Lace Guild Convention, I did a course on
Flanders grounds which I hadn't done before. Others in the class had
obviously done some, so while I was still working on sample 1 they were off
to sample 2 and 3. There was some discussion about 'no diagram' for sample
5, but as I was still on sample 2 at that point, I didn't take much notice.
After I got home and arrived at sample 5 - whoops, no diagram. So I looked
at the progression of the samples to that point, decided what was missing
and created a sample 5. Don't know if it is right or not, but have asked
Jacquie to have a word with the teacher when she sees her a little later in
the summer at a course she is taking. In the meantime, I've pressed on and
have now done sample 11 (out of 13), but have to wait until my boxes of
stuff I'm shipping from the UK arrive as I put many reels of thread inside a
tube with some papers for ease of transport.
When Jacquie and I were in Spain for the Lace Festival in Camariñas in
April, we were both absolutely amazed at the speed of the lacemakers there.
They use a sort of bolster pillow (tall and round - top end rests on the
table or wall or whatever is handy, bottom end rests in their lap) and the
bobbins all hang down at the sides. They work palms up and are sooooo fast.
We were watching someone do leaves and were trying to get her to go slowly
so we could see how she was working, but she couldn't do it slowly, well not
slowly enough for us.
But, as I say to my students when someone says that she hasn't done as much
as someone else - it isn't a race.
Malvary
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