You shared your knowledge of this intricate craft so well that it will certainly challenge me to look for these differences when I find laces in antique shops.
Funny you should say that, Anna. I was just teasing myself about that yesterday. I retired from the teaching profession in 2004, but I can't stop teaching - at least in my head. Yesterday I was folding a fitted sheet and realized I was methodically teaching someone (in my head) how to do it... It happens all the time. Once a teacher, always a teacher.
Excellent explanation and photos. Keep up the good work ))) I'll have you MAKING some soon. You won't be able to resist. The more you know and the more you share, the more it gets in your blood and takes over your fingers. Last??? in a series about antique lace???? I hope not. Come spend a week with me and you'll find out WHY every thread goes where it goes... and how it gets there. You'll be the one putting. Its beautiful, addictive, and contagious, and that's a good thing. )))))K
You are so good to take the time for this comment. You have more confidence in me than is warranted. Ha Ha Ha. The thought of handling 100 bobbins is as foreign to me as trying to do my taxes.
We'll start at the beginning with just a couple of bobbins. First day little kid stuff ))) You'll bloom fast from there because you already seeeeee the threads in finished laces. ))) You can type, so you're ahead already. Your fingers move where you ask them to go. Bobbins follow obediently and poof, you have lace.)))) NObody starts with 100 bobbins. They just sneak up on you when you fall in love with a lace you just HAVE to make RIGHT THIS MINIT!! Next year. Keep writing.
Thank you, Heather. Lace is complicated. I have been studying it for 17 years with the best of teachers, and still consider myself a beginner. If I were a lace MAKER, it would be easier, but I simply do not have the patience for it. I appreciate you reading my work.
You shared your knowledge of this intricate craft so well that it will certainly challenge me to look for these differences when I find laces in antique shops.
Thanks, Linda. Piece by piece. Bit by bit. It is tricky -- but detective work is fun.
Well done. both text and photos! I can smell an experienced educator!
Funny you should say that, Anna. I was just teasing myself about that yesterday. I retired from the teaching profession in 2004, but I can't stop teaching - at least in my head. Yesterday I was folding a fitted sheet and realized I was methodically teaching someone (in my head) how to do it... It happens all the time. Once a teacher, always a teacher.
Tell me about it... from one teacher to another... I also retired in 2004!
Excellent explanation and photos. Keep up the good work ))) I'll have you MAKING some soon. You won't be able to resist. The more you know and the more you share, the more it gets in your blood and takes over your fingers. Last??? in a series about antique lace???? I hope not. Come spend a week with me and you'll find out WHY every thread goes where it goes... and how it gets there. You'll be the one putting. Its beautiful, addictive, and contagious, and that's a good thing. )))))K
You are so good to take the time for this comment. You have more confidence in me than is warranted. Ha Ha Ha. The thought of handling 100 bobbins is as foreign to me as trying to do my taxes.
We'll start at the beginning with just a couple of bobbins. First day little kid stuff ))) You'll bloom fast from there because you already seeeeee the threads in finished laces. ))) You can type, so you're ahead already. Your fingers move where you ask them to go. Bobbins follow obediently and poof, you have lace.)))) NObody starts with 100 bobbins. They just sneak up on you when you fall in love with a lace you just HAVE to make RIGHT THIS MINIT!! Next year. Keep writing.
I love lace. But I never knew the subtle differences (and not so subtle!). Thank you for sparking a few neurons in the old brain!
Thank you, Heather. Lace is complicated. I have been studying it for 17 years with the best of teachers, and still consider myself a beginner. If I were a lace MAKER, it would be easier, but I simply do not have the patience for it. I appreciate you reading my work.