Bobbin Lace Survey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As I sit here yet again avoiding the final sewing of my current lace piece (the first of two interlocked hearts, only 12 pairs for goodness sake!), I find myself pondering on what aspect of bobbin lace people dislike the most. I know lacemakers who profess to dislike most - or even hate and avoid at all costs - each of the following items. As you will have gathered, I fit into the second bunch though I am quite happy doing numbers 1 and 3. So which category do you fit in? (Sorry needlelacers and tatters!) Or is there something else that should be on the list? I will happily summarise the responses to the list in a couple of weeks so feel free to answer privately. There are no wrong answers ... > > 1) Winding bobbins > 2) Final sewing together > 3) Tallies (leaves, squares, triangles, any other type)
I don't mind winding bobbins and use my Newey winder for longer lengths, but use a piece of thread for a yard or more, otherwise I do it by hand. I don't mind doing tallies. I must have done my 1,000 by now and they hold no fear for me but I still manage to get some holly leaves amongst them. No big deal, just undo it, let the bobbin hang down for a while so the thread gets the kinks out. I do not dislike sewing it together. I think I did a reasonable job on the last piece of Beds with about 30+ bobbins meeting from opposite sides using Jean Leader's method of knot tying and making rolls behind the work. When I made a wedding hankie in Buckspoint I joined it okay but I chickened out of sewing it onto the fabric as my hand sewing looks horrible. I was fortunate and it was hand carried to Europe where it was sewn on professionally. DD still has to get married, it looks like that will happen next year, but I get to use it for display purposes until then. Hope she waits until after IOLI convention, then I might be able to put it in the display room. I do dislike pricking for something like Buckspoint but I will do it, but when I am working on my own designs I tend to put pins in as I go. Sometimes the design works itself out on the pillow. Something that looked right on the computer does not work in real life. What I really dislike is taking out a forest of pins and seeing a mistake! Next time I need to sew an edge onto fabric I will try the sewing machine. A lacemaker at my guild did such a nice job with the machine that I had a hard time telling how she had done it, but then my eyesight is not that good. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://jblace.wordpress.com/ http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
