The husband and wife pair is sometimes used for the pair made up of one thin and one thicker thread as used for instance in Duchess, Honiton or Flanders lace.
Joepie. ________________________________ From: owner-l...@arachne.com <owner-l...@arachne.com> on behalf of Diane Williams <drswilli...@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 10:10:33 PM To: Lbuyred; Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi Cc: Arachne Subject: Re: [lace] re: posting questions about what teachers say It means very gently stroking the bobbins to tension them.?? Best used with fine thread. Beginners are used to giving the "Torchon tug" because they generally start out with heavier thread and need to pull harder to get nice tension.?? Then they find themselves breaking threads when they move to smaller stuff. I think Christine Springett originated the term. Diane Williams Galena Illinois USA My blog - http://dianelaces.wordpress.com/ On Monday, May 21, 2018, 3:58:34 PM CDT, Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi <shg...@mail.harvard.edu> wrote: Does anybody know what "milk the fairy cow" mean? - 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/ - 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/
