I agree with Robin - I usually don't take a practice pillow, either - I
let them do a few stitches of whatever I'm doing, after all, cross and
twist are the same regardless of whether it is a bit of tape you are
making or something that looks like (and is) lace! If a newspaper
photographer can do a square of roseground, there is no reason why we
have to confine people to cloth stitch. I take my lace pillow to work on
when I'm travelling by train - with a table seat, I sometimes get
company, and have had a brother and sister (aged about 7 and 9) do
several different stitches by the time they reached their stop... by
which time the Senior Conductress was interested, too!
I also explain the number of pairs in relation to knitting (if they
knit) - that we are only making one stitch at a time, using two pairs of
bobbins - and compare the number of stitches to the fact that they
aren't daunted by the huge number of stitches on their needles if they
are working the back of a jumper!
In message <20131205064327.0ZLPM.75308.root@cdptpa-web08>,
[email protected] writes
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A large fully-dressed pillow with many bobbins and dense
pattern is discouraging and elicits the usual "I don't have the patience!".
This is not necessarily so. I've started using a wider torchon pattern
(50+ pairs) for demonstration and I've had great reactions.
--
Jane Partridge
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