Thanks, Avital. I do enjoy reading the travel stories, but I confess I'd rather read the non-lace seperate from lace content. In future, would a brief note to this list saying that non-lace trip segments are on chat be acceptable?
For my part, I just got home from a trip to western Pennsylvania (the great Pennsic War, for those who know of it) where I taught a beginner 16th c. bobbin lace course. It was... interesting. I usually teach this class in two hours to about 6 people at a time (basic twist and cross, plaiting -- I don't cover picots). The class coordinators for the event do not allow size limits to the classes, as there is trouble coordinating sign-ups for all the potential classes. It makes hands-on teaching very difficult, however - I believe I ended up with 20 people, and I was the only teacher! Thanks to two wonderful ladies (who already knew how to make bobbin lace but wanted to see what I was doing) that stepped in to help me, I believe we got everyone going in the 2 hours I had requested. I already have plans on how to improve things for next year, including offering semi-private instruction at my campsite. It was wonderful chaos, and I can only hope that a few more people are inspired to join in this wonderful art we practice :) If any of my students contact me looking for people in their area to assist them, I may be making requests on this list in future. Just a sort of warning :) Chris (known as Kyrstyan in the SCA) - trying to get back into the work thing in Chicago > > > > Dear Arachnes, > > I realise that a lot of you are traveling this month but the stories > are getting a bit long and the threads they generate are veering > off-topic. I gently suggest that you move them to lace-chat, unless > you're actually describing lace classes or views of a lace collection. > > Thank-you, > > Avital > Arachne moderator > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
