Teaching lace to children is part of the survival of lacemaking. I have
always thought that lacemaking, especially geometric Torchon, has the
ability to help the mind work mathematically. Pairs going in and out,
moving from place to place. If that is so, it may be a means of helping
school age children develop brains that think mathematically. We are not,
of course, talking numbers here, but things like geometry, perhaps even
logic. If there is an arguable connection, there is an 'in' with the
schools. Lacemaking certainly can do no harm, and if it might help students
in math, logical thinking, seeing connections, or help children who learn
visually to learn mathematical concepts, this may be the way to get an in
with the schools, and with the parents who influence the schools. After
all, engineering, physics, math, science and the like have only been easily
open to women recently, yet our group, usually composed of more mature
women, has a fairly large number who deal with such topics, and, I suspect,
a large number of women who would have except for other factors.
So, you math/science/engineering/physics types, is there a connection
between geometric lace and your discipline?
Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where it is typical July weather,
sunny, hot, humid. But not much of a chance for a thunderstorm. High 90F,
29C. 80+% humidity.
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