Q & A
Q1. What is bobbin lace ?
A1. A bobbin is a bobbin. The name is the same as the bobbin of the sewing machine, but the shape is different. The bobbin used in bobbin lace is rod-shaped so that it is easy to hold and handle. The shape and design of the bobbin will vary depending on the country or region and the type of lace.
Laces made with hook needles are called crochet laces, and laces made with sewing needles are called bobbin laces because they are laces made with bobbins, like needle laces.
It's more like a woven fabric than a knit. It is a craft rather than a handicraft, and it may be the world of craftsmanship.
However, no matter how clumsy a person is, there is a sketch, so it is a mysterious world that becomes a work.
Seeing is believing. Please experience first
Q2. Can anyone do bobbin lace?
A2. Anyone who wants to try or be able to do it will be able to do it.
There are also male race makers (people who make races) overseas. That's not to say, but gender doesn't matter. This is because men want to understand the mechanism, so I think it is suitable.
Regarding age, I think that even kindergarten students can do it.
Since it uses eyes, it may be difficult to start in old age.
Some people are interested in traveling and watching TV, but like Japanese weaving and basket weaving craftsmen, the grandmother I saw on TV was from a young age. I think it can be done even as we get older.
That said, there are people in my class who started at the age of 72. I used to weave when I was young, so I think I can understand it because I have learned to read and think about the flow of threads.
There is also a former beads teacher who started at the age of 69. The same can be said for her.
Therefore, I think that those who take pride in being a master of handicraft and who have continued until that year can do it.
On the contrary, I have seen many people who are not good at handicrafts and who can do it even if they start at the age of 57 or 58.
After all it is better to be young. Today is the youngest.
In any case, the desire to make such a race is the most important. Please try it once.
Q3. I hear that bobbin lace costs money. .. .. ..
A3. Most of the classrooms cost more than 30,000 yen at the beginning, but in my classroom, it's about 15,000 yen. We are trying to provide the tool fee as cheaply as possible.
Moreover, I rent it for the first 3 months. It's okay if you can purchase it after you have determined that you can continue.
It takes many years to learn more than the cost of tools, so it may be true that the cost of lessons is more expensive .
Of course, even a master of handicraft can take more than a year, and it is impossible to learn it in a few times.
Rather than going to an embroidery class for a long time, the running cost is only the thread (and you can make 5 to 10 pieces from one thread) than the embroidery that you have to buy the fabric and thread every time. If it doesn't work, I think I learned both embroidery and bobbin lace for 10 years .
Is bobbin lace like going to a classroom to learn musical instruments? .. ..
You can only improve little by little.
Anyway , seeing is believing. If you are interested, please experience it first.
Q4.独学でも出来るようになりますか？
A4.ボビンレースを独学で学ぶ強者に何人かお会いしてますが、ボビンレースはそもそもが職人技の世界だと私は思っていますので、できれば、ちゃんと先生について習った方がよいと思います。
ボビンレースの編み方は基本的に2つなので、一見、毛糸などの棒針編みと同じかと思われるかもしれません。
独学で基礎の編み方はどうにか出来るようになったとしても、その先で躓いて私のところへいらした方も何人かお会いしています。
レースは複雑に模様が組み合わさっているから美しいのです。そうなのです。ボビンレースは複雑なのです。
ですので、２種類の編み方が複雑に組み合わさると言っても、その複雑のレベルは棒針編みとは全く異なります。１本の糸から形成される棒針編みと、何本もの糸を使って織りあげるボビンレースは、全くの別世界なのです。
そこをまず、気構えとして持っていると、何を言われてもストンと腑に落ちるかもしれません。