Dear Jean and all, When I'm learning to make lace, the process is extremely important to me, but as a sewer and a knitter, producing a finished product is definitely a part of the business. When I am making something, sometimes I have a goal, although I try not to have a deadline, and if I do have a deadline, I try to be finished long in advance, so those inevitable delays don't result in mistakes, poor workmanship, etc. But sometimes speed is important. When I was making DH's shirts, I knew I could make a shirt from the cut pieces in 1 1/2 hours, including buttons and button holes. I knit in what we call the Continental style, with the yarn held in my left hand, evenly and swiftly. But then I learned to knit when I was 5, 56 years ago. Talk about practice!
My yardage experience is certainly connected to making proper lace efficiently, if not with speed. It connects to the old lacemakers who did do this for a living. Experiencing the process as they did is an interesting exercise. And I am not nearly as process oriented as I am goal oriented. I like to make projects that will be used. Church edging, my 2 yards to adorn the neck of an 18th century dress, curtains, handkerchiefs. Even bookmarks. Speed, or at least efficiency, is part of that. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where we got 1.25 inches of rain overnight, presently, at 7 a.m., 70F,19C, with the forecast the same as yesterday. Muggy, high 85F, chance of thunderstorms. Summer is really here. -----Original Message----- >From: Jean Nathan <[email protected]> >Sent: Jun 22, 2011 5:02 AM >To: Lace <[email protected]> >Subject: [lace] yardage - speed > >I'm bemused as to why anyone would be concerned with making lace as fast as >possible, unless you have a deadline for a gift or an event such as a >wedding or a display/competition. It certainly can't be with an aim to sell >the lace because you could never make it fast enough to make a living. > >I take pleasure in the process of making lace, reverse lacing where >necessary to correct mistakes and learn how to correct what I did wrong. I >may or may not be pleased with the finished item, but I'm not particularly >interested in that. It's the process and mastering techniques (or not) that >I find fascinating - there are so many that I don't think anyone could >master them all. David, with al of his experience, has provided a good >example here in deciding what to do about the poppies in the piece he's >currently working - gimps? twists? tallies? > >Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK > >- >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 - 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
