> From: Barbara Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > So, dear Clay, please tell all of us--How do you make a leaf and how do you > make a tally? > >> So for me, a tallie > > is made one way, a leaf another. > > > > Clay
First off, the tallies and leaves I have made all have three passives and one worker. And for me, the worker and the inside passive end up on opposite sides when the tally/leaf is done. I had trouble with tallies until Ulrike Lohr taught me to make them. Now that I have made enough Binche with endless tallies, I can zip through them blissfully. I had not thought about the "method" until Christine Springett watched me and said I threw my bobbins in the continental way (no big surprise there), and she was skeptical that this would work for leaves. So the way I learned to make leaves is that the worker bobbin travels the same route, but I never put the bobbin down. I lift the passives over the worker while swapping from left to right hand or v/v. This took some getting used to, but I did "get" it. Tensioning is done for both sides of the leaf on the right-hand side. Gently pulling up (toward the top of the pillow) brings in the right-hand side, while pulling downward (toward the bottom of the pillow) brings in the left-hand side. A *very* advanced student in the class also showed me that taking the time to tension "up" on either side as you work takes a little longer but results in much more control, and I agree, so that is actually what I am doing. The other thing is that the leaf is made with consistent tension, but not tight. It ends up almost twice as long as the space it is supposed to occupy. After the point is done and the pin is set between the two pairs, you gently (and repeatedly) pull the three passives in succession, and little by little take up the slack, creating a lovely, smooth, flat leaf! Mind you, the project we were working made the leaves from a wonderful over-dyed floss, so they were BIG and FAT and COLORFUL! I have a variation on the theme from Christine which includes an "overlay" (actually worked first, of course) of fine leaves in white. They are more like the leaves you see in traditional Beds lace, and whether I'll be able to do those pretty little leaves is another matter entirely!! Practice, practice, practice. ; ) 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]
