Another method that I have heard of for making a needlelace pillow is
to use an empty baby milk tin. you can pad it and cover it with a snug
drawstring bag which you can have in such a way that you can still open
the milk tin and store your threads etc inside it when you are not
working on your lace.
Claire
Kent,UK
Miserable and chilly today but not as cold as it has been.
On 27 Jan 2005, at 2:20 pm, Maureen Harvey wrote:
Hallo Jen and all spiders,
My lace tutor taught us how to make a small pillow for needle lace
that I
have found very useful although my first love is BL. Find a piece of
rigid
tube ( I got a piece from the carpet shop it is the centre that the
carpets
are rolled onto) mine was 3inches across cut to 9inches long.
lightly pad
it with felt or something of that thickness and cover with a material
similar to what you would cover a bobbin lace pillow i.e. lint free.
Make it
slightly longer than the roll so that you can tuck the ends into the
roll to
get them out of the way.
You can then hold your work on it with a piece of elastic both ends,
this
makes a comfortable small pillow that sits on your lap or can be held
in the
hand whichever you find more comfortable for working.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
Just managed to prick out Bridget Cooks small fan pattern and wound
bobbins
in readiness for when the cast comes off my arm next Tuesday.. Yippee.
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From: "Jennifer Audsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 3:35 AM
Subject: [lace] needlelace pillows
Hi Spiders,
I'm curious as to whether many needlelace makers on the list use
pillows
or not. The Valerie Grimwood book I have suggests using a pillow,
however to date I haven't used one. Too lazy to make one, don't feel
like buying one as yet.
What have benn your experiences pillow vs no pillow?
Thanks,
Jen in (warm and sultry) Melbourne
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