Sorry -- but sewing those six pinholes is your only option. All the threads are needed to go around the leaf, so sewings are the method to attach the second side to the first side.
If the size of the leaf diminished from the base to the point, and threads were dropped off along the stem, then the threads would be picked up along the second side without sewings needed. These leaves use all the threads almost to the point, thus you have none to drop off. Sewings are the technique of choice to complete the leaves. However, this type of sewing has a large loop around the pin so it is very quick and easy to make each sewing. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon -- with a couple nice days but rain is coming for Easter --- Ken and Barbara Saltern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am starting the pattern Poplar Leaves (# 2.4) from > Claire Burkhard's book > Lace for Ten Pair. I understand the start but when > you get to the first leaf > what happens in the center. There are 6 pinholes > that go where the center vein > would be and the only way I can see to work them is > with a sewing. That's not > a problem but I wondered if anyone else has done > this pattern and found > another way? > > Barbara Saltern > Nazareth, PA USA (where we have had a couple of warm > sunny days and I love > them.) > > - > 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]
