Hi Mary Doing a clean up of my internet folders, and I haven't seen anyone answer your query about attaching a hanky edge, so I've sent it on to Lace.
The main thing to remember is that your lace will shrink when you take all the pins out and take it off the pillow. The amount of shrinkage will vary from person to person (because of individual tension) and the type of thread used. After that, it is more likely the fabric will shrink than the lace. I usually pre-wash my pre-made hanky or the piece of hanky fabric I will use, before attaching the lace or preparing the fabric for the hanky. But I don't wash the lace. And the irritating thing about pre-made hankies, if they are hemstitched ones, is that frequently they are not perfectly square, more rectangular in shape. I have a batch of pure linen ones I bought from the UK to mount tatting on many years ago, and they are decidedly rectangular! I had to draft my own Torchon pattern which had a very small repeat pattern (only 1.5cm across using DMC Cordonnet 100) but was about 4cm deep to get a good deep edge to go round. And I think I've just discovered how to use my sewing machine to make a good hemstitch style edge ready to receive a row of crochet before attaching the lace by simple hand slipping (my favourite method - turning hems, pin stitch, etch, for me is very difficult.) There is a fancy stitch on my Janomi sewing machine which lookes like this XXXXXX. If you use fine thread and a small wing needle, and a smallish width (but normal length) it leaves a nice line of holes to crochet into inside, and strip of reinforced X's, and you can cut just past the outer line of holes to trim your fabric. It even looked good yesterday on fine hanky linen with some tissue paper underneath to stabilise it. Today I'll try it out on a complete square and see how the crocheting goes. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Robi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
