Hi Tamara and Andy, I also can sympathise! I can remember one Lace Day several years ago when one of our members had stopped the car quite suddenly, the pillow fell on the floor of the car, and we all took a turn at untangling the threads. And we didn't finish it either! One interesting thing did emerge from that experience though - one Bright Spark said that an easy way to untangle threads would be too turn the pillow upside-down with the threads and bobbins hanging. They would then almost untangle themselves - gravity was the force mentioned, I believe - and that would be that! I can see that in theory that may work, but how does one flip it all back upright again, without doing similar damage all over again? Even said Bright Spark didn't have the nerve actually do try it ...
So - however tempting it is *not* to tie everything down tighter than a drum, if one is travelling by car or anything else, it really is probably safer to anchor the threads and bobbins. It can waste an awful lot of time - not to mention a lot of thread! - if that isn't done! Carol - in Suffolk UK Subject: [lace] Re: Catastrophy > On Jul 29, 2005, at 22:07, Andy Blodgett wrote: > > > Today I left my bobbin lace for a while and covered it nicely but, but > > forgot to put the hold down over the bobbins. > > Tamara wrote ... So I only anchor them when I'm about to pack an ongoing project > for a car or airplane trip. And I'm beginning to have second thoughts > about the car trips, where I am in control of where and how the pillow > gets stowed. > > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
