When my daughter was young I signed her up for the Lace Guild's young lacemaker publication. It had simple things that appealed to children. An example might be a simple tape in the shape of a dinosaur with a simple torchon filling. I even drew a picture of a hamster, my daughter's pet, and later a Panda Bear, her favorite animal, which had tape outlines and torchon fillings.
There is a curriculum produced by the Deutscher Kloppelverband called Aller Anfang ist Spitze, (Lace for Beginners, Lacemaking step by step, For children only?) that has an entire curriculum taking the student through different skills, but based on animal shapes and friendship bracelets, necklaces, etc. I think it would be perfect. The animals are very cute, curly snakes that curl over themselves, cats with extremely long tails. It starts with tape lace and then in a second curriculum proceeds to more torchon like examples with a little pouch, eye glass holders, an elephant, a mobile. I think it would be a good curriculum for anyone to learn with, especially those wanting to design. But, I have to say that when I showed it to young twenty somethings, I think that they were put off by the childish appearance of the projects. Devon In a message dated 11/9/2011 2:38:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: So, I demonstrated at a local crafts bazaar, and it was highly successful, in my opinion. I have a little half sheet that I hand out giving the urlââ¬â¢ s of IOLI, and more local lace groups and two major suppliers. I handed those only to those who really expressed and interest, and I handed out about 20, which I think was great. I didnââ¬â¢t have a try me pillow, as I was the only one there, but the niece of a friend came by, and wanted to do it, so I put up 2 spare pairs of bobbins, and she merrily went along crossing and twisting. I can see this getting a bit more involved. I can teach the beginning stuff, and I have a fish keychain fob that I saw being made at Kantcentrum by the kids class there, AND I have pictures from Brioude, France, showing the childrenââ¬â¢s efforts, making a village out of tape lace houses with some simple fillings. Problem is, I am not creative in that way. I canââ¬â¢t design visual things. Like lace. The child involved is about 10. Are there books out there for children her age? Or are there books out there with patterns in them that have appealed to other children her age that you folks know? It is possible, of course, that she will be satisfied with making Torchon edgings, of increasing difficulty, but I am not hopeful. It is also possible that she will be able to design her own lace, but I have no great hopes of that either. But she seems relatively proficient, even with a first lesson, and, more importantly, enthusiastic. Has anyone else had a similar problem, and if so, how did you solve it. After the bandage, what do you do? I have Christine Springettââ¬â¢s book on snakes on my shopping list, And I have the 2 German books on Easter eggs. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where weââ¬â¢re having exceptionally fine weather for November. Highs of 65F 17C in bright sun. - 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
