Lafayette Lacemakers: March 2023

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

March: Meeting Announcement

Our next lace meeting will be held on

Saturday, March 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 topic will be diagonal finger weaving,

something similar to this image (which is a diagonal design finger weaving craft kit ), we will use fewer strands/loops on Saturday for our project.

(members see email for additional information).

Photograph below, Finger Weaving using five loops (from the last meeting):

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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Butterfly in photograph (top of post):

Pattern: Life is Bliss Butterfly

derived by Antonia Lai c.Jan 2023 for #pickmeEndrucks Feb 2023

"Judith Connors published her adaptation of Eleonore Endrucks' edging pattern #32 in Talking Tatting May 2022. This butterfly was extracted and tweaked from Judith's pattern for the Pick Me Feb2023 event in Endrucks 1920 Project Factbook group."

More information plus pattern can be found:

Endruck's 1920 Project FB page

muskaan TIPS

Endruck's 1920 Project

Not familiar with the 1920 Endrucks Project?

Link here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17LEVftXweztBIOWh4sL4BB7bX65ssoOsOn4oXIgCepY/view

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.