>>>From: Tamara P. Duvall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] It can be applied to passing the gimp (though I still tend to "lift the left", except when "in Flanders") <<<
For me, passing gimp is always Twist Cross (plus whatever twists you want to put on the pair before and after the passing). The phrase "lift the left" never worked for me. I prefer to talk about "stitches", but also use C/T. So I think of an area as being "cloth stitch", annotate my pattern as "CS", but think "CTC" as I'm working it and "un-C, un-T, un-C" as I'm doing a Penelope back through it. B-D As for footside location, last week we had a workshop on Tonder from Gunvor Jorgensen, and the first piece had sewing edge on both sides. Boy was that strange, doing sewing edge on the right! I always turn patterns so the footside is to the left, even if the book has working diagrams with the sewing edge on the right. I hadn't realized that I never do insertions, so I had to think a moment before I could do the right-side edge. For me, BL becomes a series of little rituals that my fingers have memorized, and (like working CTC after working open for awhile) it takes me some time when I have to engage the brain in a counter-ritual. Other than that, the workshop was loads of fun and lots of learning. Working in 120/2 cotton was a bit daunting, as I always switch to silk when I get that fine. Broke my first thread far enough down the work that I felt OK about it, but broke the second one as an edge passive on a tally. Since there were a bunch of tallies at the bottom of the piece just to give one the experience and I have had experience (albeit I'm not great at them), I declared it an Act of God and switched to the next project. Robin P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
