That's exactly what Christine instructed us to do in our workshop last weekend. So as a result, not only are the leaves wide, they tend to be "plump" as well. We were working with variegated thread which is relatively large, so the leaves were "huge"! She instructed us to gently pull the three passives in succession until the leaf lay flat between the two pins.
Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA ---- bevw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ============= I recall that Christine Springett says something similar, in the first Bedfordshire video. I tried it and it worked! Similarly with plaits, you work to just past the point where you want the plait to enter the work, or make a change, place the pin and tension to snug the stitches into place. Now contrarily there might be a teacher somewhere who instructs that we dont' use the pins to tension against, they are merely to hold the work in position, but I find them useful that way. On 3/3/06, The Browns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Veronica Sorenson used to advise making your leaves slightly longer than > you needed .info > -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com blogging lace at www.looonglace.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
