Yes, Jean the important question is young people taking up the craft â where are they? We had a successful lace demo on 9/25/2011, where 21 lace âfishâ where made by community members attending a Fall Fest.   Boys, girls and adults lined up to make their own lace âfishâ. Used colored threads, let them choose their own bead color for the eye, most finished in 15-20 minutes.  Siblings stood and watched and then made their own.  After watching their sibling do their fish, the next sibling was quicker. We have new lacers coming in November for beginning lessons â ages will vary. One person is a middle school teacher who plans on teaching bobbin lace to students during âstudy hallâ because the kids are asking to learn a hand craft.  As she laced her own fish, she felt that it was a craft to enhance math skills.  So instead of crocheting or knitting, she wants to learn bobbin lace to teach to her students.  So I will help her out with this endeavor.  This teacher stated that âHome Educationâ is coming back to the schoolsâ¦â¦whyâ¦.kids do not know how to cook which may be a reason behind our obesity levels due to fast food.  So the schools are looking at âHome Economicsâ again as a âlife skill classâ.   I do not have kids so I was not aware that âHome Ecâ is coming back.  The home education teachers are LOOKING for a HAND CRAFT to teach the students during the section on sewing.  So maybe we can approach teachers to ask what their needs are.  Maybe we can teach some teachers our craft to share with students and then once exposed, these students will join our groups and purchase those supplies.    Also, I was approached by a community college teacher stating that she was looking for a hand craft to teach as part of a back to basics for relaxation to counter the high tech world that students have these days.   I started lace making after seeing 8 bobbin lace pillows with 8 different types of lace in progress on the pillows at a âFiber & Artsâ exhibit at a community college (1982).  My lace teacher found a community college arts teacher that became interested in her lace making techniques and invited her to exhibit during the 3 day show.  Maybe we can reach out and expose school and community college teachers to our âHand Craftâ?  Chris.....in Cleveland, Ohio area where it is a very windy fall day!  On 14 Oct 2011, at 08:07, Jean Nathan wrote:
> One of the problems is that once you've got your basic pillow, > sufficient bobbins and (usually too many) books (for you to complete > everything in it you want to), really the only thing you NEED is > thread. And that won't keep a supplier in business. > They rely, not only on newbies, but those of us who already have the > basic supplies WANTING extra pillows, patterns, books, bobbins and > other equipment ...... > > Then there's the question are there sufficient young people taking up > the craft and buying the supplies to replace those of us in our > dotage who will eventually give up because we can no longer cope or > go to join other lacemakers on a cloud. > > Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK Chris Brill-Packard - 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
