Sue Babbs forwarded the question to me and it arrived before my lace and lace chat digests arrived. This is what I meant by rolling at the same time as making the braids.
I am an extremely lazy lacemaker and if I can find a quicker method of doing something I will. ;-) The feathers on the mask and some parts of the mask itself have rolled edges. This is not typical of Milanese lace but I understand that it is being done in England, so I thought "why not", it does accentuate the areas more. If I was starting at the tip of a feather I would wind four pair of bobbins with appropriate color thread, in this case, white. 4 bobbins are hung to the left and 4 to the right of the first pin which holds the pairs to start the feather. After working an edge stitch and putting in the pin, I would take one of those outer bobbins and make a half hitch knot around the 3 passives and the outer edge pair then leave. I would work the inner edge pair over to the other side, work that pin and do the same half hitch knot around the outer 3 passives and the outer edge pair. So effectively I am doing a rolled edge at the same time without the need of a crochet hook or needle pin. I just have to remember to make that stitch before going on to the next row. The wire, in the case of the swan feathers is the first passive bobbin of the braid along with a regular thread passive bobbin. This wire helps to keep the shape of the feather and allow for the feathers to be manipulated into desired shapes. Please don't tell the lace police about my shortcut. ;-) Janice Blair ========================================================= Janice, Congratulations! This is yet another method to accomplish a rolled edge. I wrote some stuff about 3D edges yesterday, but I was still a little punchy from a trip to Korea. I like Sister Judith's attitude "Anything that makes the lace more beautiful". Every method or technique had to be invented by someone, somewhere. Just because there are four hundred years of established solutions doesn't mean that there aren't new ones to be found. Your Mask is a wonderful piece. It took my breath away. Patty Dowden - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
