I love that we have laceioli! But it doesn't really address the issue of seducing my local knitters over to the lace side of the force :)
Amanda Furrow Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 04:52:41PM -0500, Lorelei Halley wrote: > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Amanda Babcock Furrow > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 11:30 PM > To: [email protected] > 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 <[email protected]> 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 > > > [email protected] > > > http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca, > https://www.facebook.com/GallantCreation/ > > > > > >> On 21/07/2016 1:10 PM, [email protected] 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 [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/ > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. 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