Fun is the word!
I'd really like to be able to work lace intuitively.
Dance, too, but that's not going to happen except as bobbins dance, on the
pillow. Lace it is, diagrams or no, whatever works.
Happy lacing everyone, however way you like to make it.
On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 11:11 AM, Adele
I think it is actually more difficult to make Binche (and other laces)
following a thread diagram than it would be if you made the lace yourself from
nothing more than a cartoon. It might actually be more fun, too.
When you follow the diagram of what somebody else did, you arenât working
Hello Sharon and everyone
Indeed, literacy itself means competence in a given area.
I think the other is an ability we all have, that many of us forget to use
once we are taught read.
Straying off the topic of Binche, there is a poignant perspective on
learning to read and lacemaking, the
Dear Bev
I take seriously the idea of thinking about lace design or pattern as a
non-linguistic writing system.
If you accept this idea, then the lacemakers who may not be able to read
are not illiterate if they can read and follow a pattern.
What's thrilling about your idea, Bev, is the notion
Hello everyone and Jane who wrote:
> I've never been taught Binche but I've made a few small pieces from
working diagrams and their construction makes absolutely no sense
whatsoever.
Exactly what I thought when I decided 'how hard can it be' and made a small
piece from its diagram. I am mostly
