[lace] teachers

2014-08-24 Thread Alex Stillwell
Hi Arachnids I have met a lot of lacemakers who have stated they are not teachers and then helped others and those who have learnt from them. These lacemakers usually do a very good job helping new lacemakers to get going, particularly when both parties have plenty of patience with each other and

Re: [lace] Teaching skills and lace

2014-08-24 Thread nestalace . carol
Hi Lyn and Spiders, Just to add a little bit more to the topic. Although some (most ?) lace tutors probably don't have 'teacher training', I, with the help of the Lace Guild bursary, took the City and Guilds Teaching Certificates, and they certainly helped!   The class was taught by a

Re: [lace] Teaching skills and lace

2014-08-24 Thread Celia Mulhearn
So - maybe the City and Guilds teaching certificates could be more widely advertised - I certainly enjoyed the experience of the courses, and I am sure I learned a very great deal too. are there any courses for 'City and Guilds' Lace making? I thought they were not being run any more but

Re: [lace] Lace salamanders

2014-08-24 Thread sof
Hello, Strange : Michel Jourde the man who drew the salamanders dead this week-end. He drew a lots of patterns and is very famous in France. Have a look to his blog : http://mjourde.over-blog.com/ You can find a lots of pictures. Sof in France - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Teaching skills and lace

2014-08-24 Thread The Lace Bee
The city and guilds teaching certificate is called PTLLS. These days, in order to take this qualification and use it to teach you are supposed to be qualified in the subject that you intend to teach. My understanding is that the city and guilds for lacemaking is no longer run as as this was

Re: [lace] Lace salamanders

2014-08-24 Thread Bev Walker
This is sad news, sof, but thank you for bringing it to our attention. Michel was a bright light in our Lace world, he will be missed. I am glad his family will continue his blog. I have many Lace projects to do but I have decided I will make a salamander to send to the friendship project!

[lace] Lace teaching

2014-08-24 Thread Robin D
My goodness I didn't mean to start such a debate/vent session. *blush* My experience with the other lace maker was at a demonstration and I was new to tatting. I had been taught by the president of our local guild just a couple months before and I was doing my best to throw myself wholeheartedly

[lace] Michel Jourde

2014-08-24 Thread Jenny Brandis
I was saddened to hear that Michel Jourde has died. His designs, as seen in Lace Express, have often reinspired me. While looking at his website I saw the sword Excalibur lace that would be a perfect gift to a relative. Do you know which site sells his patterns? Does anyone know if it is possible

Re: [lace] Michel Jourde

2014-08-24 Thread Clay Blackwell
Also sad to hear! He was a very good designer, and Sent from my iPhone On Aug 24, 2014, at 7:45 PM, Jenny Brandis je...@brandis.com.au wrote: I was saddened to hear that Michel Jourde has died. His designs, as seen in Lace Express, have often reinspired me. While looking at his website I

Re: [lace] Lace teaching

2014-08-24 Thread Sue Babbs
With children who have good attention spans, I have successfully taught them simple bobbin lace ( eg snakes, fish etc) at the age of 3. Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to

[lace] Some gentle ADMIN reminders

2014-08-24 Thread Avital
Dear spiders, I haven't been very active on the list for a while because of the war here in Gaza, my son's recent engagement, and a bad bout of whooping cough, but I do send private reminders. I want to remind you all of a few things because lately I've had to write more private emails than

Re: [lace] Lace teaching

2014-08-24 Thread The Lace Bee
I have always taught beginners for basically the cost of my travel. For more advanced tuition I charge a little more. I also encourage newbies to join the local group to get support and offer a list of books to work with for inspiration. In addition, for the taster classes that I have been