I am frustrated by this lately. I want to get to the point where I can teach classes in various subjects in the arts and sciences. I am focusing on bobbin lace and maybe blackwork. I have just started blackwork, though I understand it well. I may not have much of a portfolio, but I have the willingness to teach, which is rarer. I need to do a fair bit of research into when and where it appeared as well as put together a syllabus for a potential class and a catalog of visual examples. For bobbin lace it is a bit harder as any class I do would be focused on the hands on rather than the historical implications apart from a brief history and an overview of the various 'schools' like torchon. I also need to put together kits that are affordable. I would love to have maybe 3 cadillac kits-real pillows, probably 2 dozen bobbins, pins, thread, and a few starter patterns and a manilla folder to make your own prickings as well as a comprehensive list of links of patterns and resources.
Recently I was looking into tatting, specifically needle tatting, only to find out that apparently it is out of the SCA period. I am still happy to teach a class in it, but I am not sure of the interest I would find.
Progress. I have all but finished the first pattern band of the blackwork and have started on the second. The second pattern band is made up of three rows. 1 and 3 are simple, but row 2 is decidedly not. I have done 6 leaves out of the row which is only about 2 inches. I had 'fun' with the first row of the pattern. I got about 2/3 down the row when I realized I had made a major mistake in the 6th repeat of 29. Even worse I just found out that I missed another stitch in the middle. I think I will stop the leaves and make something up under the 'broken' pattern rather than undo the entire row. I hope I have no more such surprises, but Murphy seems to be inordinately fond of lurking around me especially when doing needlework.
pics soon.
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