One way to keep the ends from coming out the holes is to allow extra length and creating a decorative knot. I'm learning Chinese knotwork and love it for trim a well as 'stay-put' knots. SOme people call them frogs but these are the most elegant knots I've ever seen. I'm buying this book when I get working again. In my Iron Dress working, I have decided to weave my own trim using the Chinese knots and a silver/bronze yarn. It will sit on my black linen. It isn't as rich looking as the bought trim but I don't want it to be like a nolibily garment. SOmeone with some money but not noblity, rich, merchant trader's wife who runs her own shop to make those nobility and court gowns. She'd have access to left overs and discarded gowns or get paid with embellishments such as imported beads or silk threads. It's an idea in progress.
Sincerely, Rebecca Rautine > Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:46:58 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Lacing question frayed ends > > For corsets I make I use really big grommets. So a knot in the end of > whatever I'm using for lacing is fine, fits right through the holes. > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Kate Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Certainly not period correct, but I use lacing cord-by-the spool from > > Greenberg & Hammer and using a narrow zig-zag stich on the machine, I > > stitch > > about 1.5" down each end a couple of times (actualy I stitch about 3" while > > stretching the cord to make it as narrow as possible, then cut it from the > > spool in the center leaving one end already done for the next time) -- then > > I use Fray-Check on the ends. It's long enough to to last for the run of a > > show and then trim off the 1/4" or so of the end when it starts to fray, > > and > > re-Fray-Check the newly cut end. > > > > > > Kate Pinner > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 10:37 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Lacing question > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Right now, for convenience and in the interest of stash reduction, I'm > > using > > 1/8" and 1/4" silk ribbon, leftover from my last round of silk ribbon > > embroidery. It's not very satisfactory, but I could not figure out a good > > alternative. > > > > 20 years ago I bought a huge industrial spool of 1/4" cotton twill tape. (I > > STILL have tons of it!) I use that and it works well, but the ends do fray. > > > > > > > > > > I think I ordered the spool from Greenburg & Hammer. > > > > > > > > > > http://www.greenberg-hammer.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > > -- > Carolyn Kayta Barrows > -- > “The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed.” -William > Gibson > -- > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Celebrate the moment with your favorite sports pics. Check it out. http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_QA_HM_sports_photos_072009&cat=sports _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
