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FACTS crafting weekend strong in second year
Lace making
As part of the Fashion Arts and Creative Textile Studio (FACTS) Christmas Crafting Weekend
program, a special lace making class was held at Blyth Memorial Hall. The program was
hosted by Tini Pel, a Holland native who learned lace making by corrspondence after moving
to Canada in 1953. From left: Tara Burke, a professor at Ryerson University who drove to Blyth
specifically for the lace making program, Pel, Yoka Scott from Teeswater who has attended
nine different programs through FACTS and FACTS head Jennifer Triemstra-Johnston . (Denny
Scott photo)
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
The Fashion Arts and Creative
Textiles (FACTS) program hosted a
successful second annual Christmas
Crafting Weekend event Dec. 1-2.
Organizer Jennifer Triemstra-
Ho-Ho-Ho Wings
Adam Cousins was the featured entertainment for the
Brussels Legion's Christmas wing night last Saturday.
Cousins was stationed in front of the Legion's expansive
military artifact collection, entertaining those who made the
trip to Brussels that night. (Denny Scott photo)
Johnston said the event was a great
success with many attendees saying
they had a good time.
Over the weekend, 15 people
attended classes including needle
working, sock monkey -making
classes, bobbin lace making and
felting classes which produced a pair
of woolen slippers.
Attendees at the event were as
young as 15 years old and ranged
from new craft makers to
experienced artisans.
One late addition to the event, the
bobbin lace making, was a very
exciting development for Triemstra-
Johnston.
"I met [instructor Tini Pei] at a
spinners and weavers event in
Goderich in early November," she
said. "I was blown away. She was
the first bobbin lace maker I have
ever met and they are definitely few
and far between."
Bobbin lace, also known as pillow
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Jenny MacDonald has successfully
completed the requirements for her
Chartered Professional Accountant
designation candidacy. Jenny is a
graduate of Georgian College and
Laurentian University and is
currently employed with Ward &
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Accountants of Listowel.
Congratulations Jenny, we're so
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Love Mom, Dad,
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lace, is made by weaving threads
held on bobbins and pinning them
on a pattern. Pel learned the practice
by correspondence after moving to
Canada in the 1950s.
"It's definitely a waning art form,"
Triemstra-Johnston said. "It's not
taught anywhere and I love that we
were able to bring it to some new
students"
She said the class was very
successful and taught three different
techniques. A video detailing the
practice is available on the FACTS
Facebook page.
Triemstra-Johnston said if the
program runs next year, she will be
looking to host it earlier than she has
in previous years because the first
week of December was a little too
close to Christmas for some people.
She said, however, the event was
great and that she and participants
all had a very good time.
For more information, look up the
FACTS program on Facebook.
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