Hi Patricia - Your question has brought some good answers, but I have not read a response describing the "bandage" which I started with.
It was simple enough to provide the basics in an orderly fashion, but it did not expect one to do the same thing for ages and ages!! The pricking was simply for pins on the edges. No footside, no headside, just two twists on the workers and head back. The entire pricking was probably about 18 cm long, and it was hung with an even number of bobbins - maybe 18? The worker was one outside pair, and from there you count in toward the middle. The center bobbin pair of the passives was wound in a pretty color - in our case, blue. The pricking was divided into several segments. The first segment was worked in simple linen stitch (CTC). The blue passives in the center remained parallel and stright throughout the segment - UNLESS you made a mistake!! The second segment was in half-stitch (CT) (give them half-stitch while everything else is new and you don't have to overcome that phobia later!!). Here, the blue threads begin to move toward the sides and then back to the center again. After they return to the center, the next segment is done in cloth stitch and twist (CTCT). Then you do another half-stitch segment, and then the linen stitch segment again. You end up with something interesting. AND the blue lines show you where you need to work on tension or when you have made a mistake. I NEVER got bored with this project, and finished it fairly quickly! Oh - and one more thing... we used Madeira 30, if I'm not mistaken. It's not as heavy as Perle, but not so fragile as 50. Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
