Jean, When working Honiton and simliar laces I always use acetate to surround the area I'm working on then a cover cloth with a hold cut in the middle (that sounds worse than it really is).
I find that the acetate underneath the cover cloth gives the cover cloth a diferrent feel to that of the cloth on a pillow alone. Don't know if this helps - just thought I'd share it. Liz BTW - as we are on the phone now (yes, I know we only moved in a month ago but it got forgotten) I'll upload to my blog again In a message dated 3/16/2004 6:13:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Good morning All, > Has anyone out there tried working on a smooth, plastic cover cloth? I > had read about them, 'somewhere' and when I saw some at the NEC last > year decided to buy a couple to try. I know that in France many people > work with a smooth piece of leather under their bobbins. The one I > bought is a thickish, strong, clear plastic, round and with a hole cut > in the centre. I am working a piece lace with lots of sewings and > constantly having to work over pins. It is perfect for that, but I also > found when doing a long braid outline that it seemed to help the speed > of the work and the tension. The bobbins move freely on the smooth > surface and hang straight down, whereas with a fabric cover cloth they > have to be placed and tensioned by hand. I must admit I do not like the > noise they make , it's a fairly hard surface but can put up > with that > for the other benefits it gives. > Jean in Cleveland U.K. Regards Liz Beecher I'm <A HREF="http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>blogging</A> now - see what it's all about - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
