Dear Devon,
I have received a couple of private responses from people who agree with
what I wrote, but not with responses to my questions, which I thank you for
answering.
I too began lace making with a couple of other little girls who gave up
shortly after... so it seems it has always been a
Dear Anharad,
I don't know if anyone else has answered your email. I was hoping to see
some informed responses. But, as none seem to be forthcoming, I will offer an
uninformed response. My remarks deal with the US, where there is no
lacemaking tradition.
1. How dramatically have
To Devon and everyone
I have the privilege of examining a new publication from Deutscher
Kloeppelverband, Spitze im Raum, Lace in 'space' - it is entirely a
'spatial' theme.
Here is serious lacemaking - technically excellent; visually
interesting; art-y, well crafted; creatuve wall art,
Hello all,
I too am finding this conversation very interesting.
There are a couple of things that I would be interested to know:
1. How dramatically have enrolments of young people, let's say under 20,
fallen in recent years?
2. How many professional lace makers/ artists /designers are there among
On 8/12/10 12:09 AM, robinl...@socal.rr.com robinl...@socal.rr.com
wrote:
When someone ask if it's tedious, I say, I do this for fun--by definition,
it's not tedious. WHen they say it must take patience, I say, I have no
patience. I don't do things that take patience. If they say it's too
A couple of years ago, at a Society for Creative Anachronism Arts Sciences
event for the Kingdom (region), I had entered some reticello I'd worked on.
As I was sitting and talking with people, one man came up to me (who is
really into making chain mail items), picked up my piece of lace, and
Hello All,
all those remarks you mentioned you could hear in Germany too. It depends on
what place and in what time of the year one does demonstrating. Beside these
remarks I often heard positive ones but can't say for sure which more which
less.
All this doesn't bother me because each of us is
I really am enjoying this conversation. And Devon's slogans are clever.
Some are downright funny. ;)
I am a puzzle solver and find that BL is a puzzle to solve at times. If it
is in repetition then it is more zen like. I like the movement of the
fingers and clicking of the bobbins. It is like
What a truly lovely simile. lrb
-Original Message-
From: Tatman tat...@tat-man.net
Sent: Aug 11, 2010 9:25 AM
To: Lace list lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Re: Fiber Familiarity
I really am enjoying this conversation. And Devon's slogans are clever.
Some are downright funny. ;)
I am
From: Tatman tat...@tat-man.net
..the pins and pricking are the music score..
I have often used this analogy when an observer tells me they could
never learn to make lace. I ask, Can you read music? If they say
yes, then I tell them the pricking is like musical notation and you
I get the tedious comment no matter what handwork I am
demonstrating(tatting, embroidery, etc.) General public want quick, fast,
no fuss type of projects that somehow just get done by themselves and only
require just a glance. Have you seen such a project??? LOL! Short
attentions spans for
In a message dated 8/10/2010 1:04:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tat...@tat-man.net writes:
I get the tedious comment no matter what handwork I am
demonstrating(tatting, embroidery, etc.) General public want quick, fast,
no fuss type of projects that somehow just get done by themselves and
Anything I don't want to do is tedious. That includes housework and my
job (some days). I make lace to have something productive to do with my
hands. I make lace to carry on a beautiful tradition. I make lace to
watch as the finished product appears from what started as mere pieces
of thread.
In a message dated 8/10/2010 3:02:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
lynrbai...@supernet.com writes:
We live in a time when people want to do 'crafts' that are quick,
frequently with glue guns. And that's fine. But there are people who are
not interested in the quick and easy. Those who
Vis a vis your observations about what appeals to children. When my
daughter was an adolescent, I found myself winding embroidery floss onto card
bobbins for easy access while she made elaborate Friendship Bracelets. Each
one was more complicated than the last. Those Friendship bracelets
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Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 1:03:33 PM
Subject: [lace] Re: Fiber familiarity
I get the tedious comment no matter what handwork I am
demonstrating(tatting, embroidery, etc.) General public want quick, fast,
no fuss type of projects that somehow just get done by themselves and only
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Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 1:50:27 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Fiber familiarity
In a message dated 8/10/2010 1:04:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tat...@tat-man.net writes:
I get the tedious comment no matter what handwork I am
demonstrating
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