Elaine, I love "Winter" and have worked it, 2x I think. When I got to the point where the colored worker was added I hung it on a temporary pin, worked the first pinhole of the cloth stitch trail, closed that pin, pulled the temp pin and gently pulled the worker until it was snug. I just left that extra white pair in the trail as a passive pair because you will need it again at the end when you throw out the colored thread.
When I got to the end, I just laid the colored pair back toward the top of my pillow and let it hang until I was done with the piece. I cut the bobbins off before I pulled the pins out of the piece. After the whole thing was off the pillow I snipped the threads close to the work. No knots needed! You can see mine here at http://photos.yahoo.com/drswilliams Winter is the red and white bookmark in the first photo. Have fun with it! Diane Williams Galena, Illinois USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Elaine Chock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good morning, everyone! > > I'm about to venture into the world of 's > Gravenmoerse lace, using > pattern books 1 and 2 by Versluis. (I particularly > like the "Winter" > bookmark.) > > It suddenly dawns on me that I've never inserted > color into a lace > piece before, when the colored motifs are surrounded > by "plain" color > ground stitches. I assume one ties the colored > threads to the plain > ones (individually) for the motifs in the 's > Gravenmoerse laces, and > then reverses the process at the end of the motif? > Is this true? Or > does one just tie a knot with all four threads (two > plain coming out > of the ground, and two variegated going into the > motif) at the > beginning and end of the variegated motif? > > In either case, what do I do with the little ends of > thread that will > probably be "sticking out" at the start and end of > the variegated motifs? > > Just want to clarify this before I go further. I've > got pattern > pricked and will be winding bobbins over the next > couple of days. > > Thanks for any advice you can provide. > > Elaine > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Elaine Chock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Woodbridge, VA (south of Washington, DC) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ 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]
