Lafayette Lacemakers: February 2023

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

February: Meeting Announcement

Our next lace meeting will be held on

Saturday, February 11, 2023.

9:00 a.m.

The Arts Federation (TAF)

Art Room

638 North St.

Lafayette, IN USA.

We welcome guests! If you have met some of our members at one of our demonstrations, please feel free to join us. Bring your latest project(s)!

Our topics in February are:

"Cords and Tapes; What We Hold Our Packages Together With"

and

"Finger Weaving."

Lucet Cords. (If you have a lucet, please bring.)

For the next couple of meetings, we are going to acquaint ourselves with some of the period appropriate (Feast of the Hunters' Moon) fiber activities that people would see if they came into our homes (huts or tents).

As always please bring your show and share.

Show what you’re currently making.

Please share new purchases, books, gifts, tools, yarns or threads. Share a class project.

Members, please check your email for details.

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Lace Knitted Sample (photo at the top of blog post) was made from Lafayette Lacemaker class. To see more details,

Estonian Lace Knitting:

https://lafayettelacemakers.blogspot.com/2018/06/june-9-introduction-to-estonian-knitted.html

Lace Challenge Guidelines

The challenge is open to any lacemaking technique and to all members of Lafayette Lacemakers. The Theme of the Lace Challenge is Jewelry. There is no time window on when items were made. Items must be made by the person submitting. The challenge is open to any lacemaking technique and to all members of Lafayette Lacemakers. Items may be original designs or patterns from published sources. For items made from published sources, reference to the pattern source must accompany each item. There is no limit on the number of items one person may enter in the challenge. We will display items submitted to the challenge in one of the display cabinets at the West Lafayette Public Library. The date when we can get the display cabinet will determine the deadline for the challenge. note that, due to space limitations, all items submitted to the challenge might not be displayed at the library.