Amanda Perhaps you are not aware of laceioli, a ning group which includes all form of hand made lace as its territory. It includes both tatting and teneriffe, as well as others. Joining is free. The IOLI pays our annual hosting fee to ning. The software makes posting and discussing photos very easy. Its membership is much wider than IOLI members only. In fact, I think that less than half the members are also IOLI members. And many are also members of Arachne. We currently have 1681 members. Virtually the whole site is visible to the public, members or not. The purpose of that is to make knowledge and information widely available. Please come and visit. http://laceioli.ning.com Lorelei Halley Administrator ---------------------------
-----Original Message----- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Amanda Babcock Furrow Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 11:30 PM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Supporting young lacemakers I had already had some thoughts on this and I had noticed recently that the thriving knitting groups use Meetup.com to get together - that seems to be where the 20 and 30-something crowd look for events. I did think of tatting and Teneriffe as gateway interests, if you will, and I was thinking that lacemaking meetups (using Meetup.com), with a focus on welcoming lace knitters and crocheters as well as other kinds of lace, could be a great way to expose people to all the other options - tatting, Teneriffe, needlelace and of course bobbinlace! Amanda Furrow Philly, Pennsylvania, US On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:34:00PM -0400, Beth Harpell wrote: > I think getting the word out about lacemaking is the main thing. I'm at the IOLI convention and specifically learned to tat and bought a book on how to make Teneriffe lace just so I can (in my own small way) make lacemaking more visible to others and more portable for myself. I want to be able to strike up a conversation about lace when someone asks what I'm doing, and be able to show them how easy and mobile it can be. > > I think if each of us goes out of our way, in consistent, small ways, to spread the word about lacemaking, as has happened for knitting and crochet, we can make a definite impact. I don't feel it's celebrities that millennials are copying, I really feel that they're trying to get back to artisan skills and crafts, and have begun to appreciate more handmade and homemade items than in the past 20 years or so. Riding the coattails of a resurgence in handcrafts can be a very positive thing. > > Virginia "Beth" Harpell > Historic Property Specialist > www.HistoricHouseHunter.com > 973-650-1637 Cell > 973-770-7777 Office > RE/MAX House Values > 101 Landing Road > Roxbury, NJ 07850 > RE/MAX 100% Club > & NJAR Circle of Excellence > > > > On Jul 21, 2016, at 10:46 PM, Marianne Gallant <m...@shaw.ca> wrote: > > > > I think the main reason that millennials are so interested in knitting > > and crochet is because celebrities have been seen to do these crafts > > while waiting around. > > The main thing is that it is so portable. Bobbin lace is not really > > portable, so it makes it more difficult to take it in your purse to do > > while waiting at the doctors office or at your kid's ball game or hockey > > game. Though I guess to get more people interested in at least some > > lacemaking is with tatting, it is very portable. > > I think it is going to be very difficult to make bobbin lace > > 'mainstream', though encouraging young artists will probably help. > > > > > > *Marianne* > > > > Marianne Gallant > > Vernon, BC Canada > > m...@shaw.ca > > http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca, https://www.facebook.com/GallantCreation/ > > > >> On 21/07/2016 1:10 PM, dagmar.bec...@gmail.com wrote: > >> One thing I have been interested in recently, is how popular crocheting and knitting has become in the last few years and how it has become one of the staples in a modern woman's toolbox. As I recently read in a novel, knitting is on the Modern Woman's List of Things To Do before Turning 30. I'm not sure at which point or what made it so, but as you walk Michaels today you can see how mainstream it has become from potholder weaving looms to rainbow bracelets. How can we do the same for lace? > >> Perhaps the road is, just as you suggested, through the millennial artist, if he/she can make a living at it, then it can become uniquely artistic; rather than a forgotten craft. > > > > - > > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
