I noticed a link to this blog article posted by Jane Viking Swanson this morning on lace-chat-digest.  While it deals with crochet and knitting, I think that those of us in the lace world will gain a smile from it. 

See:

http://blog.lionbrand.com/2016/01/06/franklin-habits-friendly-three-point-message-to-journalists-who-seek-to-write-about-knitting-and-crochet/?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=::+Read+the+rest+of+Frankiln's+message+to+journalists+::&utm_content=Your+6+Favorite+Patterns+Featuring+Popular+Made-in-America+Yarns!&utm_campaign=Weekly+Stitch+