Dear Lacemakers, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Milada Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 4:34 PM Subject: [lace] Prickings for lace
> Following recent local talk about the method of doing prickings, may I ask > what is your normal / preferred method? Following the advice of people on this list, I tried the method of having my pattern photocopied on to ordinary paper, so no need to hand-draw any pattern lines. Since I can have the pattern copied on to any of a rainbow of coloured papers, I have no fear of running out of tinted film. Then - still in the copyshop - I trim the pattern to size and they laminate it for me. This heat-seals a very thin layer of plastic all over the paper, which strengthens and protects it. Yet it stays so flexible that I can even wrap it around the small roller of my travel pillow. There is the transparent, easily cleaned surface of plastic, but no glue to come off on the pins. Also, the plastic is so thin that it takes very little effort to push the pricker through it. Yes, I expect it costs a few pence more than other methods, but I believe the advantages are worth it. I bless the day I discovered this method, and especially the person - whoever it was! - who passed on the tip. Yours gratefully, Linda Walton, in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., (where there's just a hint of coolness in the air this morning, and the beech woods are showing the very first hint of Autumn colour). - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
