Elissa writes: > tat very loosely while going around the outside, it came out kind of cramped > and didn't lay right. So next time, I'm thinking of doing the outside with a > slightly larger size of thread than the inside. Does anyone have experience > doing this and know what the results might be?
It could be just the pattern Elissa - I've been tatting for many years, and have found some patterns just don't work for the tension I tat at. And some are just downright impossible. My main problem is the outer rows are too big, and form a ruffle! Also, many old tatting books are poorly written and contain errors - I found one particular pattern only worked for me when I decreased the number of repeats in the starting row - perhaps you might consider increasing the number of repeats in your starting row. Usually one more repeat at the beginning will mean much wider outer rows. What pattern were you using, Elissa? A big problem in using different sized threads would be the different dye lots unless you made a feature of this and used completely different colours! I had a "tatting" bee before Christmas - I had a bad case of conjunctivitis and could not see properly. I also had a packet of 50 (yes, 50) plain silver bracelets I bought in a junk shop for $2 and a box of reels of ribbon floss I had bought several years ago at a closing down sale, so I sat and tatted (no eye strain!) small medallions and mounted them in the rings and gave them away with Christmas cards to all and sundry! Ribbon floss is just wonderful to tat with. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. Elissa Krieg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 31 December, 2003 6:04 AM Subject: [lace] Tatting with Different Thread Sizes > Hello Fellow Lacemakers, > > I am not a bobbin lace maker, but I do tatting. I recently finished a > project that had an inner part and an outer layer. Even though I tried to > tat very loosely while going around the outside, it came out kind of cramped > and didn't lay right. So next time, I'm thinking of doing the outside with a > slightly larger size of thread than the inside. Does anyone have experience > doing this and know what the results might be? > > Peace, > Elissa Krieg in Ann Arbor, Michigan > > > <html><DIV> > <DIV>"Accept no imitations. Only Excello's highly absorbent towel is worthy > of the name Flour Sack."</DIV></DIV></html> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Have fun customizing MSN Messenger - learn how here! > http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_customize > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
