I dont know about lacemaking but when my daughter was about eight I
volunteered to teach some children to crochet and I sat around a circular
table with several girls helping each one to get the hang of how to make it
work, even managing to change hands and do it left handed for one little
girl (I have recently tried to do that again for a friend and over 30 years
later my brain and hands wouldn't respond). There was a joy and eagerness
within the group and others in the glass doing other crafts. As with all
arts, crafts and lessons I think that a variety of people will respond but
not all, so agree it wouldn't be right to push all to take it up. Many of
you have had excellent responses from young boys as well as girls with the
fishes and the snakes rather than the strips of lace but if they see a
variety of types and have chance to try themselves, I think there might well
be a good response. Anything else it teaches the children and we know there
are lots of benefits to be gained would be really good.
Sue T
Dorset UK where we have been basking in fabulous sunshine now for days:-)
At last
Dear Clay, et al,
That is not what was said. The point is that many women whose minds are
mathematically, etc. inclined are drawn to lacemaking. That is, of course,
not the only group drawn to the craft, but there seems to be a fairly large
number of such math, etc. types who are drawn. There are, of course, other
aspects of lacemaking which draw other people to the art, but that argument
will not go nearly as far in promoting lacemaking in children, as there are
so many other disciplines, areas, that do that. Music, the arts, painting,
to name a few. But since those areas do not involve lace, I was emphasizing
the mathematical connection. And note, I mentioned Torchon in particular.
Flanders would be another mathematical lace. Binche went beyond that, and
while it incorporates Flanders in some ways, it went on to other areas as
well. lrb
I am astonished that no one has challenged the notion that people with
superior math/science/computer programming skills make the best
lacemakers!! It may be that those who are making the claims happen to
have those skills, but being able to execute a lace pattern is not the
same as making it a thing of beauty, which separates the competent
lacemaker from the extraordinary one. And it take an artist to design
the lace in the first place.
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