Fantastic!! Is the fish you mention posted anywhere, so that those wishing to duplicate your success don't have to re-invent the wheel?
Also, even at $1 a bobbin, it's not possible to send them home with a student who can't buy them on his/her own. Does anyone have an idea for homemade bobbins? Something that's quick to make, relatively sturdy? What are paper bobbins, are there other ideas out there? Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where we're in for another glorious day, if a bit cool. But it's October, and that's to be expected. -----Original Message----- >From: Chris Brill-Packard <[email protected]> >Sent: Oct 15, 2011 8:22 PM >To: Arachne Lace List email <[email protected]> >Cc: Arachne Moderator <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [lace] Demise of suppliers > > >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! - 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
