Robin, you are exactly right! I teach sock classes at my LYS, and wear my knitted lace socks to inspire people. Now the word is out that I make bobbin lace, and the shop owner has asked me to demo. So there is a connection!
Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA. USA [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). > >Robin P. >Los Angeles, California, USA >[email protected] > >- >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 - 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
