On Jun 12, 2005, at 4:26, Jean Barrett wrote:
'You can always see the knots' she said 'like little pin pricks' How can you avoid that then, I asked as it was obvious that she didn't like this effect. 'What can you use?' She looked at me over her glasses assessing how I would take her reply. "Use skill" she said. I've been trying to use skill ever since but in desperation I still sometimes tie my workers!
That's m'gurl! :) Having a belt *and* suspenders can't hurt. After a lot of practice, I managed to eliminate pins from my turning stitches (except when pins fit the pattern) and use skill instead. But the dratted scrolls... :)
8 times out of 10 "using skill" is just fine and quite sufficient. So I relax and, forgetfully, yank just a tad too hard on the outermost passive - after I've turned the pillow, naturally, where the big bad wolf does the most damage, straining to achieve a straight line :)
So. For samples - even the ones intended for publishing - I don't tie. It doesn't matter if people see that I can mess up like everyone else, and it gives them something to strive for ("I can do it better than she can, nyah, nyah, nyah" is an essential element of teaching, IMO <g>)
But, when it's an important piece of lace - a gift - you can bet your bottom dollar I do the half-reef :) The recipent (and everyone else) is more likely to notice that the "legs" between the clothstitch and the edge pair are of uneven lengths, than they're likely to notice the "pinpricks" of the ties (and yes, I'll do more than one, if the turn goes on and on, and I have to keep turning my pillow). Sometimes, perhaps, the tie might have been un-necessary. But I'm not going to take that risk; better safe than sorry, and all that jazz :)
Yours, trying to catch up with 70messages worth due to a 24hr break (DH's past student blew into town yesterday, and we had to catch op... Drinking and cooking all afternoon - supper was late, needless to say <g> - then more yammering and, suddenly, it was 1AM...)
-- Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
