Trust Bev to come up with a question that is filling the digests quickly. You will need another question for August when we all go off to IOLI convention. I have just finished the lace for the Seascape hankie that is on the front of Traditional Bucks Point book and I am putting off attaching it to the fabric. Needles and I just do not seem to work well together!! As my daughter does not seem in a hurry to get married (31) or give me grandchildren, I am not in any hurry to do the sewing. Wish I could find someone who likes heirloom sewing that I could entrust my lace to. I think my only other lace on a pillow is a bucks point edging and I have a couple of yards done but have lost interest in favour of designing my own stuff. I have been working on some new designs for publication including a pendant in wire and some Milanese. I am also knitting (very slowly) a lace shawl in alpaca in between knitting scarves in Italian Eros yarn that we are selling for our convention fund. I can't seem to keep one for myself as when I show them around they get sold off my neck! I had to free up my large block pillow for convention which is why the hankie lace got finished. I am in the Gillian Dye class working with wool. I am thinking of the future when finer threads are too much for old fingers and eyes!! Has anyone taken a class with Gillian and if so what sizes of yarn does she use as the instructions just call for "wool"? I came across a pattern of hers in a Lace magazine which called for 4-ply yarn but when I went to my American yarn shop today she said 4-ply was the equivalent to sports weight. I thought that looked too thick for making lace but maybe she was right. Also can I mix different types of yarn such as wool, wool/silk blends, etc. Input please. Janice
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