What I do when cordonettes meet, say when a vein hits the edge of a leaf, is work the outside one first, ie the edge of the leaf, then the vein virtually up to it, cut the padding threads for the vein, loop stitch over then once or twice to hold them together, and take the working thread under the outside cordonnette, pushing the cut threads under the worked edge (lick and needle end) and finish off the working thread in the edge cordonnette. I do much the same when ending up a circle or similar.
The method is from "Starting Zele Lace" by Agnes Stevens and Ivy Richardson, Dryad 1989 (ie Batsford/Chrysalis if still in print) ISBN 0 85219 793 4. Strongly recommended to anyone beginning NL or trying to progress without a teacher, as it is excellent on the small details, like how to make the ends of rows neat, and how and when to join the top row to the outside cordonnet. It gives a great number of ways of doing leaves; some of them work veins while the filling stitches are done, which is very neat and effective, and eliminates all ends, and solves this problem [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
