Hi Lynn,
You said:
We did the opposite, demonstrating mostly-tatting at the Michigan Fiber
Festival a week and a half ago, and we do occasionally get Oh, look,
bobbin lace! My grandmother had one of those 'tatting bobbins'.
I was at the Michigan Fiber Festival on Sunday and
I would never have the patience to do something like that.
This is one of the most common comments, in response to which I usually
either ask what their hobbies are (if they have any at all) or ask them if
they
knit. I then say I don't have the patience to do plain knitting (that's what
my
And then there is
I would never have the patience to do something like that.
My answer - You learn the patience when you learn the lace!
Liz Pass
(in Poole)
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My answer is.. that you have to be curious and have lots of want-to.
BarbE
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From: Elizabeth Pass [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Lynn Carpenter' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 9:57 AM
Subject: RE: [lace] Re: Bobbin Lace
At 07:57 AM 8/31/2005, you wrote:
And then there is
I would never have the patience to do something like that.
My answer - You learn the patience when you learn the lace!
My answer - You only need patience when you have to do things you don't
enjoy doing. I have to admit that I get some
I don't do much lace, lately, but I've heard that particular,
disparaging comment for decades, and in reference to a variety of forms
of needlework (quilting, monochrome embroidery, spinning, knitting). My
mother was a great one for saying it (more in honest bewilderment than
anything), but
I don't consider that comment disparaging, unless perhaps it is
self-depricating on the part of the speaker. When they say they think bobbin
lace takes patience, I take it as a compliment.
I do correct them, though, and let them know that (as Alice has already
pointed out), it only takes patience
In a message dated 8/31/2005 12:37:15 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
When they say they think bobbin
lace takes patience, I take it as a compliment.
I do correct them, though, and let them know that (as Alice has already
pointed out), it only takes patience if you
I had the following comment at a demonstration this past July, My
grandmother tatted, but she used a different thingy to do it. I had a
shuttle and bit of tatting nearby to show her the difference. Then I got,
Yes, that is the bobbin she used, but I like the way you tat with so many
sticks.
In a message dated 8/31/2005 1:08:46 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
had the following comment at a demonstration this past July, My
grandmother tatted, but she used a different thingy to do it. I had a
shuttle and bit of tatting nearby to show her the difference.
And then there is
I would never have the patience to do something like that.
My answer - You learn the patience when you learn the lace!
My answer is: It doesn't take patience to do something you enjoy!
Lorri
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