Ok, here are my reasons - 1) pricking as you go damages your pillow as you have to use more force to go through the card and my cork board is cheaper and more replaceable than my pillows
2) When you work unusual patterns such as ovals on a block pillow, if you don't have all the pattern how on earth can you work out how to place it on the pillow 3) I've been making a very large piece that is symetrical and therefore, by pricking through two lots of card I pricked the whole thing out in half the time 4) when working a long straight piece or a square, you can to the same as #3 by pricking the two halves in one go. Look, if you don't like pricking then photocopy, stick and film but don't get up set then if the finished piece doesn't quite have the sharp edges that those who prick first get as it is not easy to accurately put in the pins that way And - if like me and Tamara you don't like winding the bobbins get a bobbin winder Here's a story - the last time I was teaching lace the woman I was teaching pulled a face and said that she didn't like spangling. So, trying to encourage her and because I had some time spare I offered to spangle some of the bobbins so that she had enough to start making lace and had some to copy when she spangled them herself. Then she said that she found pricking the patterns hard on her hands - I've taught people with arthritus before and can sympathise - so I let he use one of my patterns that was already pricked out Then she said that she couldn't work the bobbin winder she had bought, so I wound some bobbins on it to show her how, but she kept having problems with it and in the end, when I'd finished demonstrating how to use it I'd wound them all Then she said that she couldn't follow me starting it off so could I have a go ... I looked at her and said, 'so exactly which thiing about making lace was it that you actually wanted to do?' She replied 'ah, there's two things, sitting at the reenactment with my pillow so people can see how clever I am and wearing it' I managed to say, straight faced, 'were you actually intending to make any then?' That was the last lesson that I gave her as she felt I wasn't supportive enough (I thought it wasn't because I wouldn't make the lace for her) and I understand that she got her boyfriend's mum to teach her the basics and she swans around the reenactments with the same piece of lace that she started with. The only thing that really hurt was that I had given her 4 metres of handmade lace as a thank you and it was being passed off as her own work. Moral of the story - we all have bits of the process we hate - me it's mounting the stuff, and we moan about them but we still love doing the craft but if you hate doing it as much as this woman did go find something else to do. Have fun Liz Tamara P. Duvall wrote: > On Jan 2, 2004, at 13:10, Antje González wrote: > > > Why do you prick the whole pattern all at once? I start pricking a few > > centimeters, then I work until the pricked holes are finished, prick > > again a > > few centimeters, continue working... This makes the whole process more > > relaxing. > > I've often been tempted to do it the same way; pricking and winding > bobbins are *not* on my list of "favourite activities related to > lacemaking", so it would be nice to "thin it out" and fit in some of > the favourite bits (like moving bobbins) in-between the less favourite > ones. > <snipped> > > ----- > Tamara P Duvall - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
