> "One other tidbit of information: When I demonstrate bobbin lace making,
> most of the men stand around waiting for their female companions to go on,
> but every once in a while one of the men gets all excited as I'm explaining
> the logic of the lace and it "clicks" for them. Those men are
One other tidbit of information: When I demonstrate bobbin lace making, most
of the men stand around waiting for their female companions to go on, but every
once in a while one of the men gets all excited as I'm explaining the logic of
the lace and it "clicks" for them. Those men are nearly
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I wonder if it is simply that bobbin lace appeals particularly to scientists
and especially mathematicians. Moving on from this, is it the more 'regular'
laces which appeal, I.e. Torchon, Bucks and Flanders, rather than Bedfordshire
for instance?
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As others have said, the links with STEM