> > perhaps you and others might be willing to explore > > lacemaking on bolster pillows a bit further? > > > > I'm about to begin a project on one. I've never > > seen anyone else make lace on a bolster, and it > > **is** a challenge. Can you or anyone else describe > > more about the palms up method (I know about it, but > > can't begin to imagine how to do it). Other hints?
The way I do it (not that I have a lot of experience, but it works for me): I hold my hands with the fingertips more-or-less touching, the palms facing me, and the wrists farther apart. I have one pair of bobbins laying on each hand's fingers. Not in the palms, on the fingers. The moves I'm about to describe are approximate. Don't be rigid about it, keep your hands loose and moves "something like" what I describe. Bobbins 1 & 2 are in the left hand and 3 & 4 are in the right hand. A cross is basically raising the left hand slightly higher than the right and moving the left hand so its fingers overlap the fingers of the right. Straighten the right fingers so its bobbins are easily rolled apart, and tip the fingers to allow the left-hand's #2 bobbin roll off the fingers and drop between the right-hand's bobbins. The right thumb can help separate the bobbins in that hand, if necessary, and the left thumb can push the bobbin off the left fingers, if necessary. For a twist, bobbin 1 is kind of caught in the corner where the fingers join the palm, and the fingers curl as if I'm making a fist. This pushes bobbin 2 over 1 and drops it on the other side. I use the thumb on the right hand to push bobbin 4 over 3 while curling those fingers to help. THis is hard to describe! Hope it helps. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
