I believe Jenny meant this for the list in general and not just to me. -----Original Message----- From: Jenny Brandis <[email protected]> To: Vicki Bradford <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Aug 25, 2014 10:35 pm Subject: Re: [lace] Beginner-Intermediate-Advanced
Speaking for myself, I have attended three bobbin lace classes with teachers in the 9 1/2 years since I began but the vast majority of my learning has come from NON teachers - simply my peers showing me how something is done. I consider myself to be in the transition from Beginner to Intermediate level in torchon and beginner level in Beds, tatting, Point Ground and Free lace, intermediate level in knitted and crochet lace. I was ( and did not realise ) extremely lucky that the two ladies who started me off did not tell me that reading a torchon pattern was hard, in fact it was one of the first things shown so that I would understand that these marks show where you make spider, trail etc. even now I explain a torchon pattern based on the elements that make it. It was stressed that the trail, block, chevron, lozenge and fan could be half st or cloth st, and therefore whatever I chose was right. I was encouraged to experiment as to what looked best to me. Most of my learning is self paced based on the pricking I want to use so that has meant that I may choose a pattern that I am not ready for, the Galleon pattern by Jane Atkinson comes to mind as I tried that too early in my learning LOL Back to my original reason for writing, A list of prerequisite knowledge would be a good guide as if there is something on the list I did not know, I could learn before the class. This would be beneficial to all as I would not then hold the class back while I learnt and the teacher could then spend more time on what we were there to learn. Even better, I would have entered the class knowing that my fellow classmates are also my peers. Jenny Brandis Kununurra, Western Australia - 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/
