Hi, thanks for the explanations again! > Russian Tape and similiar, for example, do not have a sewing footside > as a rule. There, the workers do not exchange; the same worker pair > turns around the pin and travels back. What that means is that you > can't have a top sewing, only the edge one. Additionally, the top > sewing is used only in lace which is worked with wrong side facing you; > Russian Tape is supposed to be worked with the *right* side up.
Really?? Why? And does that mean you have to make the joinings completely invisible??? > I cheat... :) I guess it just turns out I cheated too ;-) > Quite often, the Russian Tape patterns will have an optical illusion of > a sewing footside -- a twisted, whole-stitched passive, separated from > the rest of the tape (cloth- or half-stitched) by a twist on the > workers, which then do their usual "go around the pin with twists", > leaving a "feathery" edge instead of a solid-line one. Well then... If > they can fake a sewing edge, so can I fake a top sewing; I make it onto > the twisted worker, in that space between the main body of the tape and > that solitary twisted passive :) > > Works a treat, but only if you work wrong side up. Why? I just looked at my piece of tape lace, in which I did what you just described (I think... <g>), and I can't tell the difference between the two sides (even if I look at the few sewings which ended up halfway presentable <g>). > And Patty's right that, in the standard (one pair) sewing, you lose a > twist and have to compensate. But you lose them in different places, > depending on which side of your work the sewing is. If your sewing is > on the right-hand side, you need to add a twist *before* making the > sewing; if your sewing is on the left, you add the twist *after*. I had no idea... First I didn't twist at all, then I noticed it looks ugly, and then I started adding a twist on both sides (unless I forgot). Now I can't tell which sewings I did what on, so I don't know what looks better. Weronika (Caltech, Pasadena, California) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
