During IOLI Conference week, a group of ladies held our own Un-Conference Workshop. We met for five hours each day, Monday through Friday.
There were eight ladies who attended, though not everyone every day. We brought our lunches and ate together each day even though we did not have a formal dinner together. We met in a different town/home each day so the same person did not have to drive the furthest every day. Depending on skill and time lacemaking, we had a whole range of progress on the oval doily. The fastest lady made half of her project in the five days, the slowest about 8 percent. The others were somewhere in between. I consider myself about halfway through the project. Two people are using two colors, the rest are working in white only. Some have Fresia thread and some Bockens. It does seem to make a difference, though not a lot. Some may choose to insert linen fabric in the center of the doily instead of working it in lace. When we finish them, we want to get them together for a display. It should be interesting. The border section includes a fan, a ringed spider, and a three-pair crossing in each repeat. We had reference books out on various methods of doing a three pair crossing, and each person chose her own way to do it. I'm curious to see how the different methods appear. At the conclusion of the Workshop, all participants were in favor of doing this again. It was fun having a week concentrating on lace without the expense of a hotel. Each one could work at her own speed without pressure to complete something, or trying to keep up with a teacher's presentation. It wasn't as much fun as Conference would have been, of course, since there's so much more than just classes going on, but it was the next best thing for people who had to stay closer to home. Alice in Oregon -- where summer has finally come with hot and dry days. - 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
