that should help. i went ahead with my pattern and did not take out any pins in the picots until there was an inch more lace underneath it, and then it didn't move. maybe i took the pins out too soon. i hate to think they will come out once the lace is washed. i will try to twist 5 times instead of 3 like you suggested for the rest of the pattern.
also, it states to always do the right picot first in this pattern and the right one is higher on the pricking in every one. maybe i also didn't wrap them correctly. one thread has to be exactly in place and wrapped around the pin correctlly. they show to take the pin and push (from the right)into the string, pulling it toward you, then twist it around the thread once going toward the right. then you take the string next to the one you just twisted and you wrap around once counter clockwise ( it is oppposite for the left i assume, to go clockwise for the top string), twist the two thread twice,tighten, and then do the half stitch. your directions is telling me to do the same thing from what i understand. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Suzy > Try twisting the thread 5 times - the number of twists depends on the > > thickness of the thread and the size of the pin. You need just > enough for the little > twisted cord to fit round the pin and 5 is usually about right for > medium > weight thread. > > I guess you are doing picots on the plaits. Have a good look at the > pricking > and choose which one to do first as they are often not exactly > opposite each > other. Do the first one first if that makes sense. It doesn't have > to be the > RH one. > > To do a RH picot, use the RH pair and pick up the RH bobbin of that > pair with > your right hand. Take a pin in your left hand (scary, you need to be > a > little bit ambidextrous here) and put it behind the thread to the > bobbin (on the > far side of the thread, so the thread is between you and the pin). > Now, keep > the pin still and wrap the thread once round the point of the pin. > If you rest > the tip of the pin on the pricking, the thread from the bobbin should > be > underneath the thread from the lace (I'm still just talking about > that one bobbin > thread). If it is, move the pin into the hole, but *don't pull the > thread > tight* and *don't put the bobbin down*. > > Pick up the other bobbin of the pair with your other hand (the hand > that had > the pin) and take the thread in front of the pin and on around it. > Now very > gently snuggle the threads until they are the same tension; you > should be able > to see the twisted bit going round the pin now, and then snuggle it > tight > around the pin. The twists should be like the cheese in a sandwich > with a thread > each side of them because the first thread was underneath and the > second is on > top. > > To do the other picot, do the half stitch as Barbara says (this is to > stop a > hole forming in the centre of the plait) but if the other picot is > quite a way > in front of the first, you can do a cloth stitch instead of the half > stitch > to fill the gap better. > > A LH picot is done with the LH pair, picking up the LH bobbin with > your left > hand. Take the pin in your right hand and then you can follow the > rest of the > directions from above, because they don't say left or right! > > The important things are: > 1) Make sure the first thread from picot to bobbin is under the picot > to > plait bit of the same thread. > 2) Keep the whole thing loose until the second thread is in place. > If you > don't, it is hard to get the twists to go round the pin. > 3) Make sure the second thread goes the same way round the pin as the > first. > If you haven't, one thread comes out from above and the other from > below the > pin so it's quite easy to spot. > > As for an official way, this is the way we traditionally make them > for > English lace but they can be done with the whole double twisted > thread wound round > the pin which originates with the continental fine laces, or as a > knotted picot > which only leaves a single thread in the actual picot so is used with > thicker > thread laces. The important thing is that it keeps its shape and is > crisp > enough to look as if it's meant to be there. Badly made picots just > look as if > you've forgotten to tidy your threads up. > > Hope this helps, Jacquie > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the > line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
