Thank you, Betty!!!!! Me, too. I learned to lace and spin in the same year (mid '70's), but it was a **long** time before I applied my spinning knowledge to lace threads.. too busy learning to bother with the details!!!!! Thus, I did as you, Learned to wind bobbins clockwise and adjusted the hitches, if they did not hold. And that is what I still do....seldom worrying about the z- or- s twist. I, also, have not seen any detriment to my lace .
Like the others, time and practice teach us to be "name switchers" when reading patterns. Honestly, after my first encounter with the TC-CT method..... my first pattern was TC, my first book CT.....I never give it a thought; except to warn students that there are different approaches to lacing. BarbE Well put, Clay! However, I was taught, many, many years ago, to wind clockwise and I had never heard of Z-twist and S-twist threads. Maybe there were Z-twist and S-twist threads, but we never heard of them. Hasn't made any difference in my lacemaking the past 29 years 'course I am known to change the hitch of a misbehaving bobbin.. Happy Lacemaking, Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
