[lace] Using Zoom for lace teaching

2020-12-16 Thread Jean Leader
I have been using Zoom for teaching lace classes for quite a few weeks now, trying to work out what was best for both myself and my students, not easy when we all had different combinations of desktop/laptop computers and/or mac/android devices. With the help of David (DH) I’ve now mounted a

[lace] teaching left-handers

2020-03-01 Thread Alex Stillwell
Hi Elena Re: teaching a left-hander Being a left-hander, or as my father always put it ‘a southpaw’, I frequently have to change hands. When this happens I make the movements left-handed, watch myself making them and write down what I do. Then I change the words left and right and work the

[lace] teaching

2015-05-03 Thread Alex Stillwell
Well done Liz. Even though your student took a long time learning to make her lace I’m sure she values her ability to make it and will always remember you with gratitude for the way you would repeatedly go over the same points. That’s teaching and learning. Happy lacemaking to you both Alex

Re: [lace] teaching

2015-05-01 Thread Alex Stillwell
Thank you Noelen. As always, you have it exactly right. Happy lacemaking Alex -Original Message- From: Noelene Lafferty Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 11:02 PM To: 'Alex Stillwell' ; 'Arachne reply' Subject: RE: [lace] teaching Thanks for that line Teaching is teaching Alex

Re: [lace] teaching

2015-04-30 Thread Alex Stillwell
To: Jenny Brandis Cc: Alex Stillwell ; The Lacebee Subject: Re: [lace] teaching Hmmm... Replying to a few I am teaching my first (2) students, and they are bright and eager. One has more troubles than the other. Today, they both had more problems than usual, and both confessed that they had

Re: [lace] teaching

2015-04-30 Thread J-D Hammett
Hi fellow Arachnids, As a retired geography teacher and a lace teacher for more years than I care to remember (and having taught several other subjects as well during my working life) I love this poem Noelene. I wholeheartedly agree with Alex and Noelene. Happy lace making, Joepie, East

[lace] Teaching

2015-04-30 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti
I had a student once, who started out saying she had a learning problem, so could not go in a regular class. I taught her one-on-one at home, and she had to do each lesson for about 3 classes, before she 'caught on'. However we worked away slowly, - and eventually by the end of 6 months or more,

Re: [lace] teaching

2015-04-30 Thread La
It's still April 30 here in the US, also our National Poem in your Pocket day!  I just printed this out and put it in the drawer of my roller pillow. Thank you for your writing Noelene!!!  As Always,Laura SandisonNew Mexico, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

RE: [lace] teaching

2015-04-30 Thread Jenny Brandis
Absolutely spot of Noelene. Hugs Jenny B -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Noelene Lafferty Sent: Friday, 1 May 2015 6:03 AM To: 'Alex Stillwell'; 'Arachne reply' Subject: RE: [lace] teaching Thanks for that line Teaching

RE: [lace] teaching

2015-04-30 Thread Noelene Lafferty
Thanks for that line Teaching is teaching Alex, it prompted me to start writing again. Teaching Lacemaking. Teaching is just teaching Whatever subject might be sought But if you become a teacher By your pupils you'll be taught. Take the task of teaching Lacemaking from the start You'll find

RE: [lace] teaching

2015-04-29 Thread Jenny Brandis
If I have answered the same question over five times then the problem is that I have not answered in a way that that particular student can understand, not that she has not tried to understand. Keeping on asking means that she wants to understand and I have to keep on looking for another way to

[lace] Teaching

2014-09-05 Thread Bronwen of Hindscroft
This past weekend, at a Society for Creative Anachronism event in Colorado, USA, I taught my very first lace hands on needle lace class. I only had two students, and due to the constraints of the event (so much going on), I wasn't able to give the one lady the extra help she needed (because she

[lace] Teaching and teaching skills

2014-08-25 Thread Alex Stillwell
Hi Arachnids When I was chairman of the Education Sub-committee and working on the assessment schedules we worked on the presumption that the Advanced standard of the Lace Guild Assessments should be that suitable for a teacher. I then suggested that the Advanced certificate should include the

[lace] re: Lace teaching

2014-08-25 Thread Karen Thompson
I have followed the teacher evaluation and qualification thread with great interest, both as a student and as a teacher. Janice, I think it is a good idea to provide the evaluation form beforehand to IOLI teachers - especially the new ones - and also give guidelines to teachers as to how to deal

Re: [lace] Teaching skills and lace

2014-08-24 Thread nestalace . carol
, 23 August 2014, 20:42 Subject: [lace] Teaching skills and lace .  Training and practice can only help.    While lace teachers undoubtedly know the subject matter, there is no teacher training for lace teachers, nor is there the kind of feedback as to the effectiveness of my teaching

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] 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

[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

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

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

[lace] Teaching lace.

2014-08-23 Thread Kathleen Harris
I feel I must stop lurking and pass on my opinions on this topic. The best teacher I ever had was the late Marjery Carter, who taught me Bucks point. She had been a maths teacher, and her opinion was that if you could teach one subject, then you could teach anything, because you had the

Re: [lace] Teaching lace.

2014-08-23 Thread nestalace . carol
Harris ec...@cix.co.uk To: 'lace' lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] Teaching lace. The worst teacher I have heard of was the one a friend of mine started with. She did not let her students start or complete a piece themselves. She began every piece, and finished every piece. My friend came out

Re: [lace] Teaching lacemaking

2014-08-23 Thread nestalace . carol
Blackwell clayblackw...@comcast.net Subject: [lace] Teaching lacemaking Sent from my iPad On Aug 22, 2014, at 3:14 PM, The Lace Bee thelace...@btinternet.com wrote: Just because we have not been trained as teachers is not proof that we are not capable of being good teachers.  There are several

Re: [lace] Teaching lace.

2014-08-23 Thread Sue Harvey
I was very disappointed at first when our classes folded because of numbers going down because they put the prices too high. But it was a blessing in disguise, because before when I had a problem I just asked my tutor and she put me right, but with no teacher I had to sort out my own problems

Re: [lace] Teaching lace.

2014-08-23 Thread Laceandbits
Well done Sue, but unfortunately not everyone is as positive and determined as you. I know that not all the people who were in my classes and who dropped out one or two at a time, over several price raises, are still making lace. I am still seeing many of the ones who were able to hang in

[lace] Teaching skills and lace

2014-08-23 Thread Lyn Bailey
In any teaching situation, there are two requirements: knowledge of the subject, and knowing how to transmit that knowledge to the student in the most efficient way. It is the second part that is not necessarily as easily developed as the first. Some have the teaching talent instinctually,

[lace] Teaching skills and lace

2014-08-23 Thread mary carey
Hi All, My first experience of a brilliant person who had difficulty passing on the information she knew was one of my first teachers in Primary School. I need to point out that the first 5 years of my education were by Correspondence (in Australia now called Distance Education) so I was about

Re: [lace] Teaching antics

2014-08-22 Thread Catherine Barley
. Students do not pay good money to be humiliated! Catherine Barley Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com - Original Message - From: laceviolins...@comcast.net To Subject: Re: [lace] Teaching antics The teacher told us that all the instruction was printed on papers hanging

[lace] Teaching antics

2014-08-22 Thread Janice Blair
I hope everyone fills in the comment section of the forms which are handed out to students at the end of the classes at IOLI conventions, whether good or bad.  Having been to almost all the conventions in the last 18 years, I have written about poor teachers who did not spend time with all the

[lace] Teaching lacemaking

2014-08-22 Thread Clay Blackwell
Sent from my iPad On Aug 22, 2014, at 3:14 PM, The Lace Bee thelace...@btinternet.com wrote: As a qualified business trainer who supports people taking their qualifications for teaching at colleges who is married to a PTLLS holder (the qualification for teaching vocational skills at collets

Re: [lace] Teaching lacemaking

2014-08-22 Thread The Lace Bee
Clay, My apologies and yes the joy of replying from an iPhone with a small screen and predictive text does affect grammar and punctuation (and sometimes unique words appear that I didn't mean) which coupled with the fact that as a child of the 70s British educational system I was not allowed

Re: [lace] Teaching lacemaking

2014-08-22 Thread Bev Walker
Hello everyone I have to pipe up, the GBS line is He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches. and one of many Shaw-isms from his play Man and Superman based on the Don Juan theme. Happily it is not in the context of lacemaking, lacemakers nor lace teachers! I like better the proverb One in three is

[lace] Teaching antics

2014-08-21 Thread L. E. Weiss
Sallie, I hope you reported the antics of that teacher who cut your bobbins. What a horrific experience. No one has a right to treat anyone that way, where one is not willfully being disruptive or uncooperative. I had one IOLI instructor who appeared to have no interest in teaching me from the

Re: [lace] Teaching antics

2014-08-21 Thread laceviolins_52
took a class from her again, and needless to say, I do not have any desire to learn that type of lace. Becca - Original Message - From: L. E. Weiss weiss@mindspring.com To: lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 6:31:07 PM Subject: [lace] Teaching antics Sallie, I

Re: [lace] Teaching antics

2014-08-21 Thread The Lace Bee
What many teachers forget is that people are buying a service from them and as such are their customers If I was abused in a shop by the person I wasn't young from I would vote with my feet and complain to the manager. We are often too nice to those who bully or fail to provide the level of

[lace] Teaching lace - UK background checks

2013-07-29 Thread scotlace
I seem to remember it was said that people required a background check for each class/group taught in different locations. This morning, in the church coffee lounge I was told the system has changed. The conversation arose because volunteers for the two summer clubs - one for children and one

Re: [lace] Teaching lace - UK background checks

2013-07-29 Thread Sue Duckles
That'd be about right volunteers would have to pay themselves I can foresee people not bothering to volunteer at all!! School crossing patrols for instance... only work 5 hours per week termtimes only and they'd have to pay for the check?? Can we really see that working? Back

Re: [lace] Teaching lace - UK background checks

2013-07-29 Thread scotlace
@arachne.com Sent: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:53 Subject: Re: [lace] Teaching lace - UK background checks That'd be about right volunteers would have to pay themselves I can foresee people not bothering to volunteer at all!! School crossing patrols for instance... only work 5 hours per week termtimes only

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-12 Thread Jenny Brandis
Hi Anna, thank you for your kind words. This weekend is the local ag show and some of my girls have entered their work, So it is an anxious time for them. I enjoy being with them as they are such fun to be around! Tomorrow I will check out how well they did and take photos of their work.

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-11 Thread Anna Binnie
Jenny, having met you for the first time last year, I'm not at all surprised that the munchkins keep coming back. You are an inspirational teacher. And surrogate grandmother how lovely. There are lots of very young grandmothers I must admit i have been surprised that the group has

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-10 Thread nestalace . carol
lynrbai...@desupernet.net Subject: Re: [lace] Teaching children .  A UNIFIED BACKGROUND CHECK FOR LACE TEACHERS!!  Hi All - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-10 Thread Rosemary Hemmett
Dear All I have experienced this CRB checks and at one time could have papered the little room with all the certificates for the different things I was involved in. Not just for working with children but with Vulnerable Adults. (This covers anyone who finds themselves in a vulnerable

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-10 Thread Jenny Brandis
I have been teaching children for 4 years (7-12 yrs old at the beginning) and although I went and got the australian police clearance called 'working with children' it has never been asked for. I teach in my own home each Saturday afternoon and it is purely voluntary on behalf of the kids. If

[lace] teaching children

2013-07-09 Thread Nicky H-Townsend
Hi all, Just been catching up on the thread of recent digests and came across Joke Lyn's messages regarding teaching children. Lyn wrote: I apologize, but your posting struck me the wrong way. I'm sitting here with tears of laughter running down my face, thinking, Rats, my extensive criminal

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-09 Thread Joke Sinclair
Dear Lyn, You gave me an excellent idea. I could use some slave labour to be able to enter the 5 meter club :) Just kidding! It is sad they had to enforce these rules. Joke On 8 Jul 2013, at 23:20, lynrbai...@desupernet.net wrote: Dear Joke, I apologize, but your posting struck me the

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-09 Thread Sue Duckles
Hi All Been watching this thread with interest. I am enhanced CRB checked and do hold a current certificate however here in the UK it would only cover me for being a School Crossing Patrol! If I wanted to go into school to 'teach' then I should be CRB checked for that... if I wanted to

RE: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-09 Thread Maureen
I so agree Sue. Look at the cases in recent years where 'abusers' have had the necessary CRB checks and passed just because they 'lied' or something. I also believe it is basically a money making exercise. Retired people have the time and energy to go and teach lacemaking to children in

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-09 Thread lynrbailey
, Pennsylvania, USA, where the background checks are portable, says DH. Only need one. -Original Message- From: Sue Duckles s...@duckles.co.uk Sent: Jul 9, 2013 4:32 AM To: Arachne lace@arachne.com lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Teaching children Hi All Been watching this thread

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-08 Thread Jacquie Tinch
Although I don't agree that you *have to be* a mathematician or scientist etc to be a good lacemaker, I am reasonably confident that a high percentage of those people who are bobbin lacemakers do have those inclinations and this may have been what Alex meant. Many times I have asked around a

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-08 Thread nestalace . carol
Hi Spiders, This theme has made me think!   I was lucky enough to teach lace at a private school, in the after-school activities, and had so many children we had to have a 'helper' for me!   I taught the Textiles class, and when some of the parents, children and staff knew I made lace (I made

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-08 Thread J D Hammett
by people to help persuade schools to open the doors have been misunderstood. Joepie in sunny Sussex, UK -Original Message- From: Clay Blackwell Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 1:57 AM To: Anna Binnie Cc: alexstillw...@talktalk.net ; Arachne reply ; Lyn Bailey Subject: Re: [lace] Teaching

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-08 Thread Cynce Williams
On Jul 7, 2013, at 8:00 PM, lynrbai...@desupernet.net wrote: What skills does lacemaking develop that will benefit school age children? If you have an idea, please share. Off the top of my head: concentration, following instructions, both written and oral, hand-eye coordination, small

[lace] Teaching children

2013-07-08 Thread M SINCLAIR
Hello everybody, It would be lovely if children could have an afternoon to get to know lacemaking. Unfortunately in the UK and I wouldn#x27;t be surprised in a lot of other countries, all adults working with or teaching children need to be CBR checked. This means the person in question has to

Re: [lace] Teaching children/teaching all ages

2013-07-08 Thread Bev Walker
Hello Joke and everyone Your comment says it for me, I notice this also at lace days and other lace get-togethers: ...But when I look at the lace clubs I go to, there is no reason for pessimism. Every year I see new faces ... -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island,

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-08 Thread lynrbailey
Dear Joke, I apologize, but your posting struck me the wrong way. I'm sitting here with tears of laughter running down my face, thinking, Rats, my extensive criminal convictions will not let me teach lace to children... I know it's serious, and probably expensive, but really, lacemakers going

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-08 Thread Bev Walker
Hello Lyn, and everyone I volunteer with an out-reach program, visiting schools. As a matter of course, we agreed to a criminal records check at the onset of volunteering for the program. It probably helps that my program is sponsored by a creditable arts institution that can cover the expense of

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-08 Thread Anna Binnie
Joke wrote: Also parents nowadays expect all adults, who work with children in after school activities or clubs, to be CBR checked as well. In Australia anyone who works with children needs to get a police check done. It is standard for teachers, ancillary staff, volunteers and sports

[lace] Teaching children

2013-07-07 Thread alexstillwell
Hi Lyn Re: Subject: [lace] Ancillary to Teaching Lace to Children Teaching lace to children is part of the survival of lacemaking. I have always thought that lacemaking, especially geometric Torchon, has the ability to help the mind work mathematically.. I am sure you are right. The best

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-07 Thread linda dumas
quickly. From: alexstillw...@talktalk.net alexstillw...@talktalk.net To: Arachne reply lace@arachne.com Cc: Lyn Bailey lynrbai...@desupernet.net Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 1:51 AM Subject: [lace] Teaching children Hi Lyn Re: Subject: [lace] Ancillary

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-07 Thread linda dumas
quickly. From: alexstillw...@talktalk.net alexstillw...@talktalk.net To: Arachne reply lace@arachne.com Cc: Lyn Bailey lynrbai...@desupernet.net Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 1:51 AM Subject: [lace] Teaching children Hi Lyn Re: Subject: [lace] Ancillary

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-07 Thread Lyn Bailey
Dear Alex et al, Precisely. It could be an 'in' at schools. I have not had any close connection with school children for over 10 years, but girls especially are not inclined to math. Presenting lacemaking, especially bobbin lacemaking as a way to develop spatial thinking, (physics?) or

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-07 Thread The Lace Bee
I was lucky enough to demonstrate with my local group at a recent 'county' event. One of the group brought a 'have a go' pillow along and we asked anyone passing if they would like to try lacemaking. Adults and children alike tried the pillow. The adults would do a row and stop but the

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-07 Thread Clay Blackwell
I am astonished that no one has challenged the notion that people with superior math/science/computer programming skills make the best lacemakers!! It may be that those who are making the claims happen to have those skills, but being able to execute a lace pattern is not the same as making it

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-07 Thread Dmt11home
I no longer have a child in school, but I was talking to an elementary school teacher the other day. She made the interesting claim that now that penmanship is being de-emphasized in favor of key boarding, she observes that the children are not developing fine motor skills as in the past. In

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-07 Thread lynrbailey
Dear Clay, et al, So, which horizons specifically would be broadened? If one is trying to promote lacemaking as a skill capable of developing other capabilities of the mind, to persuade educators and others to help with teaching children by promoting the craft, providing space, all that, one

Re: [lace] Teaching children-Scandinavian schools

2013-07-07 Thread Dmt11home
It seems as though Scandinavian schools, in the past at least, had a crafts curriculum. When I was young a girl moved to our neighborhood from Norway. She had a complete set of doll clothes that she had knitted. When I asked her about it, she said she had knitted them in school. Why don't

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-07 Thread Clay Blackwell
I wouldn't try to promote lacemaking as a way to develop other tangible life skills. The outcome is entirely dependent on the individual. What excites one person may drive another crazy. Don't let lacemaking go the same route as the forced piano lessons of childhood! Clay Sent from

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-07 Thread Bev Walker
Hello Clay and everyone Yes, learning to make lace is best by choice. I like this : ... Don't let lacemaking go the same route as the forced piano lessons of childhood! -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-07 Thread Dmt11home
Yes, but didn't this start out as a conversation about how to make that choice available to children in the face of an unsympathetic school district that would not allow the posting of an A2 piece of paper announcing the availability of children's lace lessons? Devon Hello Clay and

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-07 Thread Maureen
Good evening I have spent the last two days demonstrating lacemaking at our local garden centre which is really a converted greenhouse on what is probably the hottest weekend on this year's English summer and am happy to say that not only did we encourage one teenager yesterday to make a fish

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-07 Thread J D Hammett
Well done! I hope they do come to your group. Joepie. -Original Message- From: Maureen Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 8:28 PM To: dmt11h...@aol.com Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Teaching children Good evening I have spent the last two days demonstrating lacemaking at our

[lace] Teaching lace to children in school

2013-07-07 Thread Julie Enevoldsen
Thanks to Lauren, who tipped me off that this discussion was going on! I don't know if my experiences and thoughts might be useful, but here they are, in no particular order: I teach students to use computers in a small, private elementary school. Because it is private, we are not tied to the

Re: [lace] Teaching children excample of success

2013-07-07 Thread lynrbailey
Dear Maureen, Congratulations on a job well done. That took a lot of work, preparing and then being there, enticing, saying the right thing, encouraging. That is the way we will get our beloved craft/art to continue. Lyn Maureen wrote: I have spent the last two days demonstrating lacemaking

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-07 Thread Anna Binnie
On 7/07/13 11:13 PM, Clay Blackwell wrote: I am astonished that no one has challenged the notion that people with superior math/science/computer programming skills make the best lacemakers!! I've just logged on and yes I was totally affronted with that statement too. Let me put it in

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-07 Thread Clay Blackwell
Thanks, Anna!! I appreciate another voice who understands what I have said!! Generalities just don't apply to those who are skilled at making lace! Clay On 7/7/2013 8:03 PM, Anna Binnie wrote: On 7/07/13 11:13 PM, Clay Blackwell wrote: I am astonished that no one has challenged the

Re: [lace] Teaching children

2013-07-07 Thread lynrbailey
If we get the lacemaking club to be on a par with the chess club, we will have succeeded beyond my wildest dreams. Probably beyond the wildest dreams of anyone. Let's begin by getting schools to allow a poster advertising a separate lace club. What skills does lacemaking develop that will

[lace] Teaching lace to children

2013-07-07 Thread Karen Thompson
In the past I taught dozens of children from about age 5 years through teens to make bobbin lace. The most fun was with a group of 10 six grade boys. The teacher said Good Luck and closed the door! These 12-year old boys made their own lace tell and had great rhythm and were extremely proud of

Re: [lace] Teaching Lace to Children

2013-07-06 Thread Sue Duckles
Hello All Our group here in East Yorkshire have been demonstrating lace today and are back again tomorrow, at a Garden Centre in Dunswell, just outside of Hull. This morning we had a lady who was very interested, and we're keeping our fingers crossed that she takes it further... while she

[lace] ( lace) Teaching children lace

2013-07-06 Thread Daphne Martin
Well Done Sue!! Keep up the good work Daphne Norfolk Uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

Re: [lace] Teaching at IOLI convention

2011-06-13 Thread Amy OMalley
2011 10:57:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net Subject: [lace] Teaching at IOLI convention Maria wrote: Do you really mean she might be invited to teach in MN in 2012? Martina would love to. I would think that the hosts of the Minnesota convention have their teacher list

[lace] Teaching at IOLI convention

2011-06-10 Thread Janice Blair
Maria wrote: Do you really mean she might be invited to teach in MN in 2012? Martina would love to. For those interested in having a look at Martina´s book, here is the link http://www.wolter-kampmann.de/verlag.html I wish you all a nice weekend ! I would think that the hosts of the Minnesota

[lace] Teaching

2010-09-27 Thread Daphne Martin
Hello Clay and everyone else Clay you hit the nail on the head when you said you could possibly show a beginner how to make lace. Of course any of us can do that and it would keep the craft of lace alive if each of us only ever taught one new lacemaker. The rewards are tremendous, and

Re: [lace] Teaching

2010-09-27 Thread Lesley Blackshaw
On 27/09/2010 10:12, Daphne Martin wrote: Hello Clay and everyone else Clay you hit the nail on the head when you said you could possibly show a beginner how to make lace. Of course any of us can do that and it would keep the craft of lace alive if each of us only ever taught one

Re: [lace] Teaching

2010-09-27 Thread Roberta S Donnelly
Just another thought... maybe this woman was so impressed that it was more on the line of lace being so much more impressive than *just* crafts.? Just a thought. bobbi How infuriating to have our craft belittled like that. We often travel through Thornton le Dale so I may have to go

[lace] Teaching

2010-09-27 Thread Jean Nathan
Unfortunately because of the shopping channels crafting seems to be regarded as mainly card making with a bit of scrap booking thrown in and any other craft is disregarded. Not that there's anything wrong with either - I'm all for people doing something creative in any form - but I do wish

Re: [lace] Teaching

2010-09-27 Thread Maureen Bromley
It just goes to show.But they do have lace demonstrations in that general area so she obviously wasnt 'in the know'!! There are classes all around her!!! Maureen E Yorks - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For

Re: [lace] Teaching more than one

2010-09-27 Thread lacelady
Years ago I was told that each lacemaker should teach seven people. That way there's a good chance that at least one of those seven will continue with the art and teach others. Not everyone who learns the basic lessons becomes addicted. G Alice in Oregon who is addicted to lace and

Re: [lace] Teaching

2010-09-27 Thread Clive Betty Rice
Daphne, You should have related that lacemaking is a fine art or fiber art. I, and many lacemakers in the USA, consider crafts differently than lacemaking. Cardmaking, wooden lawn orrnaments, box making, and the sort of things that can be sold at craft fairs as crafts. Do lacemakers go to

Re: [lace] Teaching

2010-09-27 Thread bev walker
Hello Betty Ann and everyone They *could* - my introduction to lacemaking was seeing someone demonstrating it at a craft fair! I signed up for lessons (c. 1987). Some lacemakers make small lace items to sell for charity fund-raising. The word 'craft' has taken on different meanings. Because I

Re: [lace] Teaching

2010-09-27 Thread Brenda Paternoster
We have in the past discussed whether lacemaking is art or craft. For my two penn'th I'll suggest that it is craft when you are working a pattern designed by someone else, or an adaptation of another pattern, but art when you have designed and made the lace from scratch as a one-off piece.

Re: [lace] Teaching young people--resources

2010-08-29 Thread Lesley Blackshaw
pene piip wrote: But Jo Edkin's has a wonderful site where you can learn all about bobbin lace. I know a tatter who has been teaching herself using this web-site. Jo Edkins' Lace School: http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/index.htm I love Jo's site. This is where I have learned most of the

Re: [lace] Teaching young people--resources

2010-08-25 Thread pam
Great idea, but not just for youngsters. I live in Spain and belong to a group of English ladies (most of us won´t see 60 again) who are all interested in crafts in general. Over the last 7 years I´ve introduced quite a few ladies to lacemaking and have developed a series of beginners

[lace] Teaching young people--resources

2010-08-24 Thread Julie Enevoldsen
of learning bobbin lace. Since I don't do much lace teaching, but I do want to encourage youngsters to learn lace making, I'm happy to teach them for free, but I do ask them to join the local lace group, even if they can't attend meetings at first. I want them to get connected with other resources

Re: [lace] Teaching young people--resources

2010-08-24 Thread Debora Lustgarten
Dear Julie and all lace friends, This is a laudable initiative and I congratulate you! Let us know how to add the info on our local groups, so I can add the Toronto Lacemakers' info and encourage the people from other groups in my area to put their details on your resource website. As to

re:[lace] Teaching young people--resources

2010-08-24 Thread pene piip
But Jo Edkin's has a wonderful site where you can learn all about bobbin lace. I know a tatter who has been teaching herself using this web-site. Jo Edkins' Lace School: http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/index.htm Pene in Estonia - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

re:[lace] Teaching young people--resources

2010-08-24 Thread Julie Enevoldsen
Indeed, Jo's site is an excellent resource, and we should point people to it. But it's a little different from the project I'm envisioning; it's more aimed at the student, for one thing. I'm thinking more of a resource for teachers, and especially one that is collaborative. The purposes overlap,

Re: [lace] Teaching young people--resources

2010-08-24 Thread Jeriames
Dear Julie, What country are you writing from? Or did I miss it somewhere? Are you aware of the Young Lacemakers in the UK? The Lace Guild in the UK has been working with young people for years. April's minutes of the 34th Annual General Meeting gives the dues schedule for Young

[lace] Teaching method/was fiber familiarity

2010-08-20 Thread Dmt11home
When I have groups of students at my school I begin with a sampler of different stitches to analyse the structural qualities and visual effects of each so that the students begin to build a vocabulary of stitches with which they will express their own ideas. Then I pass immediately to an

[lace] teaching beginners: many thanks!

2010-04-09 Thread Elizabeth Shipp
Dear all, Many thanks for all the helpful comments and suggestions on teaching bobbin lace to beginners, both here on the list and via off-list e-mail. I will be writing individually shortly, however I wanted to say a public thank you first. I just this minute got a copy of the Fouriscot book I

Re: [lace] teaching beginners

2010-04-07 Thread Lorri Ferguson
learning tool. They can see just how each pair/thread moves. Lorri - Original Message - From: Elizabeth Shippmailto:ship...@googlemail.com To: lace@arachne.commailto:lace@arachne.com Sent: 04/06/2010 5:18 AM Subject: [lace] teaching beginners Hi all, I have two colleagues who have

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