On Sun, 7 Mar 2004, Steph Peters wrote: > was a full time lace maker, but she knew plenty about it. I'm fairly sure > that the design we did had the tapes crossing each other. I've certainly > crossed the tapes when making up designs of my own since, and it works OK. > If a design can be done with the tapes butted up rather than crossing it > will probably look better, but I don't think that this is a hard and fast > rule.
You're right, it's definitely not a hard and fast rule that the tapes should not cross...it's just a personal preference of mine at this time. I will admit though that my preference does limit design possibilities. Karen Bovard (The ShuttleSmith) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Omaha, NE - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
