I was not going to say anything until your comments Lorelei. I liked your comments. When I met my dear friend for the first time (we had been communicating via e-mail only as she lives in the UK) I showed her a bookmark I had made. I was so proud of the fact I could finish something. She said it was wonderful, however I could tell she was holding back. When I convinced her I wanted her honest opinion. She responded with "you do spiders differently here in America!" I asked her t show me how she does them and wonder of wonders I could actually see the spider legs!! Then I took my first ever class and had completely the opposite reaction from the instructor I was paying to teach me. She looked at what I was doing & picked up my scissors & cut all the bobbins off my pillow. Then she said I needed to learn the the basic stitches and walked away. That ended my efforts to learn that type lace and my desire to never take a courts with that teacher again. After that I was hesitant to take another class until I took a class with Sylvie Nugyen. Talk about patience. She was fantastic and sold me on Russian tape lace. This year at the Convention I took a course with Lia Baumeister. I must admit I need way more lessons than we re programmed for this class. At one point when I was really struggling I told her the problem is I can't read Swedish. She laughed & said "but this is a diagram not words!" Then she proceeded to color code the diagram so I could better follow what needed to be done. I actually finished a small piece of lace!! More importantly she took the time to work with me & didn't CUT my threads!! Lia's class on Russian tape lace was fantastic. She started me on a fan and spent time with me to do leaves which I am struggling with. So, bottom line I have had three fantastic teachers and one very poor example of a teacher plus tons of help from Arachne. Robin, please don't give up & if you follow the advise from those who have responded you will have the courage to tell those who downgrade you to jump in the lake. My friend in the UK is constantly telling me to not be so critical of my work and is always encouraging as have been Sylvie & Lia. Please remember you can always chalk up the bad experience to ignorance on the other person's part. For every bad experience there are tons of really good ones as others have said in their comments. Sallie in WY
> On Aug 21, 2014, at 12:29 PM, "Lorelei Halley" <[email protected]> wrote: > > When our local guild first started, one of our members came up to me while I > was crocheting and told me I was doing it wrong. > Lorelei > > - > 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/ - 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/
