Re: [lace] Beginners

2019-04-12 Thread Gon Homburg
I made a small introduction course of about 6 lessons in which beginning students learn the basic stitches as cloth stitch, whole stitch and half stitch, after thant a simple pieces of Schneeberg lace to learn the plaits and how to combine different stitches, corners a a few simple Torchon

Re: [lace] Beginners

2019-04-12 Thread Elena Kanagy-Loux
Hello all, I completely agree Alex! I start my students with Torchon but if the struggle with the steps I have them do some braiding first. My goal as an instructor is primarily to get students excited about lace and to understand what they are doing so they can go off into the world and make

[lace] Beginners

2019-04-12 Thread Alex Stillwell
Hi Arachnids I have always taught torchon first, but if a student struggles I change to Beds. Everyone is different. Some find the geometrical structure of torchon easier to manage, others find the flow of Beds easier. To me, the answer is to be flexible. There is always more to learn, adapt and