On Nov 28, 2004, at 4:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Liz Beecher) wrote:
I also couldn't find a glue that I liked to stick the pattern to the card then film over - everything I tried just didn't seem to dry out enough
I had "issues" with "wet" glue from the very beginning... If I put it on the pricking (thin paper), it distorted the sheet. If I put it on the cardboard, I was never able to position the pricking "just so"... I was never happier than when I discovered the re-positionable (like that used for Post-its) dry glue. No stretching of the pricking, no detectable extra layer and, if I plunk it in a wrong place, I lift it and re-position. Must say though, that I'm only that happy with the Scotch brand (no, I have no shares in the business <g>); the Avery repositionable dry glue stick (the only other one I was able to find here) just didn't seem to the job as well.
[...] one lady that I taught to make lace hated
winding the bobbins, pricking out the pattern and finishing off the lace.
Me too, on all 3 counts :) But, oh, the exquisite pleasure and relaxation of moving the bobbins around, and the mental stimulation of figuring out the puzzles, and watching something grow on your pillow, and the suspense of waiting till you can pull out a few pins to see how it's coming along... Can't beat it :)
IMO, lacemaking is like marriage, or life in general: you take the "thin" with the "thick", ignore the "thin" as much as you're able, and enjoy the "thick"...
--- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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