> I am making a bookmark from Technique of Bobbinlace. For anyone that has the > book it is decoration b on page 46 and I would like to make it in white with > the three outlined motifs in blue. I have never used colour before and would > like some help from anyone who can tell me how to change from white to blue > and back again please.
Do you mean âThe Technique of Bobbin Lace" by Pamela Nottingham? In my copy page 46 shows six different sections of a sampler, and b is a diamond shape of torchon ground with tallies enclosed by a gimp. Is that what you are asking about? Itâs not usual to change colours in gimps (the outlining threads) and preferable not to have any joins in them because being much thicker than the main thread any knots or overlaps will be very visible. If you are asking about changing the colour of an area of cloth stitch what is usually done is to change the workers and leave the passive threads as they are. There are two ways of doing that; either use knots to change the colours and get the knots as close to the pin as you can or at the start of the section you want to be coloured hang in a new worker pair and leave the original worker pair as an additional passive pair. When you get to the end of the coloured section just lay the coloured pair bac over the work and close with a cloth stitch made with the two should also be on the same pin. Once the lace is off the pillow you can weave in the ends of the contrast threads. Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/