Lace making class

Pug visit and shopping in the morning. Study and Good News Club preparation in the afternoon.

6.00pm I caught the bus that collects ladies for the lace making class, as well as IT training, at the Prince Andrew High School. I followed the “lace ladies” to their room, and was given a “cushion”. i.e. a fat tube of flax fiber that has been covered with fabric. The lace pins slide easily into the flax fiber. I was then given some thin crochet cotton (for beginners) and 12 bobbins that I had to wind thread around and fasten with a slip knot in preparation for my first lesson. Just as knitting has 2 basic stitches – plain and purl – so lace making also has 2 basic “stitches” - the whole stitch and the half stitch. I was to start with the whole stitch. I must confess that I struggled to come to grips with the lacing in and out of the bobbins. The other ladies were making some really beautiful pieces. At 8.00 pm a bell sounded – just like school – and we all packed up and toddled back to the bus.