I love the idea of TOILET LACE!!!! Karen Bovard The ShuttleSmith Omaha, NE http://www.theshuttlesmith.com/ blog: theshuttlesmith.blogspot.com On Tuesday, May 6, 2014 10:12 AM, Chris Vail <[email protected]> wrote: I'm actually a fence straddler. I am such a non-lacy person, but I love making it in many forms (bobbin, tatted, knit, whatever). But even though I'm a process person, I try to be somewhat practical - I try to find projects that I *could* find a use for. I have a couple pieces that I created uses for around the house - a doily on the back of the toilet keeps the seat from crashing, that sort of thing. Others get turned into bookmarks, coasters, jewelry bits, what-have-you and put out at my office's annual craft fair. I don't care if anyone buys it, I just need to feel like I made something potentially useful, even if it's not going to be me using (or gifting) it. Unfinished projects feel wasteful to me -- not that I've finished everything, not by a long shot!! Chris - who just finished one of those craft fairs. I need to find somethign new to turn bookmarks into!
> Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 3:45:44 +0000 > From: <[email protected]> > Subject: [lace] Re: Lace with and without an end use > > - ---- Lyn Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > But I know of others who just > like to make lace, and perhaps no actual contemplated use is necessary. > What kind of a lace maker are you? > > This is the "process vs. product" argument again. I'm an unrepentant > process-oriented person. I have no particular use for lace. I don't wear > it and don't care if any hangs on my walls. However, I love the doing of > it. I love crossing and twisting. I love seeing something beautiful > forming before my eyes. Most of all, I love solving the puzzle of how a > pattern is made. I couldn't care less about finishing it. My friends > acknowledge me "Queen of Unfinished Projects". It is -extremely- rare for > me to finish something unless it's for a gift. And I have to admit, a few > times I have failed to finish a gift (about THAT I'm ashamed, but not about > unfinished things that aren't gifts). > > In the Arachne archives there should be an essay I wrote about product vs. > product people. If anyone really wants to read more of my opinion, I'm > sure it's in there somewhere. > > -- Always proactively untwist octagonal hippopotomus pants. Ozy & Millie http://www.ozyandmillie.net/2000/om20000809.html - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
