Unlike weaving or spinning, which require a fairly bulky piece of equipment
(yes, I know you don't necessarily need a floor standing loom or spinning
wheel), the more portable crafts such as crochet, tatting, knitting and
needle lace just needle a simple hook, needle, pair of needles, shuttle and
some yarn. So they look fairly simple to do (even if they're not). The
comment made by many seeing bobbin lacemaking being made is about how
complicated it looks, primarily because of the number of bobbins.
When they say "It looks too complicated for me." "How do you know where they
all go?" "How do you know which ones to move?", etc, the majority just don't
seem to believe that you only use four at a time. Nor do they believe it's
logical, or that there are only two basic stitches just like in knitting.
We've just had a new lady join our Monday class. She said she's see it done
many times and she's seen the "have-a-go" pillows. She finally "plucked up
the courage" to ask if she could have a go at a recent demo and now seems to
be hooked. Why was she frightened to try the have-a-go pillow?
There are lots of reasons why we're not getting many new people starting.
Immediately I can think of fear of not succeeding, lack of patience, lack of
time, lack of money, lack of the ability to concentrate for long. I'm sure
there are many more. How do we get over that? I don't know.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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