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Subject: Demonstrating strategy - Gossip
Pillows
We did this one year at county fair -- the four-sided try-me
pillow. We found out that it took at least one person full time to supervise
the pillow, and sometimes two people if all four work stations were in use. A
zillion bobbins need to be wound in advance, or have another person just
winding all day. You also have to think about the table/stand the pillow is
on. It must be accessible on all sides. Being prepared is important. Don't
try to man a 4-pattern try-me pillow if you are doing a solo demo.
I suggest
the first time you try it, use just two work stations on the pillow, or
three. And be prepared with extra wound bobbins. Or have one bobbin of each
pair wound full so you only have to pull out some thread and re-wind the
second bobbin. And have lots of
beads for eyes.
If we use the snake
pattern, the person who finishes the end of the tail gets to keep it.
Sometimes we use a fish pattern which is basically the head of the snake, with
only one bead for an eye, and leave the thread ends several inches long as a
tail when tied off. We start the snake or fish to just past the eye(s) so
it's ready for working. With the much smaller pattern, usually each person
finishes one and gets to take it. There is more bobbin winding with the small
fish than with the snake, but it takes very little thread per bobbin.
Demos
can be a lot of fun.
Alice in Oregon -- where it's still very cold.
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From: Jill Hawkins <[email protected]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] Demonstrating strategy - Gossip Pillows
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couple of years ago at a demonstration, one of the lace makers brought a 24"
cookie pillow for beginners to make a snake. The enterprising lace maker had
put 4 prickings on the pillow (along each point of the compass: north, south,
east and west) and had 4 children work at the same time. It was an extremely
good use of limited demonstration space and the children loved being able to
keep an eye on what the others were doing and who was working the fastest.
While this is not exactly a gossip pillow, it is a good strategy for
demonstrating - with adults as well as children.
Jill in Milton Keynes, Bucks
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