Dear Maureen, Congratulations on a job well done. That took a lot of work, preparing and then being there, enticing, saying the right thing, encouraging. That is the way we will get our beloved craft/art to continue. Lyn
>Maureen wrote: >I have spent the last two days demonstrating lacemaking at our local garden >centre which is really a converted greenhouse on what is probably the hottest >weekend on this year's English summer and am happy to say that not only did we >encourage one teenager yesterday to make a fish in lace and take home but >today four children completed the fish as did one adult. There was lots of >interest and we may well have a couple of ladies starting lace classes >including the grandmother of the teenager from yesterday in the next couple of >weeks with maybe more interested in starting in the future. The challenge is >if they complete the fish they get to take it home to keep. > >I am keeping my fingers crossed. > "My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails." - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
