I agree with you there! In our Lace Group in Hull, East Yorkshire, we have people who sit and knit, embroider, tat, crochet, bead, make bobbin lace, needle lace.... etc, etc. We're known as Wolds Lacemakers and frequently hold workshops on all sorts of things (from embroidery to painting, gardening and all points in between!!) We've also got a website (just to prove we're in the 21st century (I think, but I'mm the webmaster....) (www.woldslacemakers.co.uk).
Unfortunately we don't have any male members.... maybe we frighten them off!! LOL, however we do have some 'grandchildren' as members!! Every meeting we have a table where people show what they've made since the last meeting, and it is usually covered in all sorts of things, from lace through knitting to cards!! Do other groups do this as well?? Sue in East Yorks On 2 Jan 2012, at 21:40, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > ---- [email protected] wrote: > Going to New York is 3 hours by train, but again, you have to drag all the > stuff around as you walk around, no lockers anywhere after 9/11, and I make > sure to travel as lightly as possible, editing the contents of my handbag, > even, so instead I bring socks to knit. Sad, but true.----- > > So knit lace-pattern socks (or other small lace accessories, like scarves)! > Who says lace always has to mean bobbin lace? Getting the lace mentality > "out there" is what's important, not which type of lace you get them started > with. Knitting has become so popular that lace knitting is a good transition > to other laces. While most (by no means all) "lace" groups seem to be mostly > BL makers, most of the groups seem to have members who do other types of lace > (instead of, or in addition to, BL), especially tatting and knitting/crochet. > Get those other lacemakers into a group and *then* work on getting them > interested in your favorite lace (I address this to all lacemakers, whatever > their favorite lace is). - 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/albums/most-recent
