Yep -- worked all the flower pictures. We used these for banquet decorations at our conference.
Yes, you work from the front. Use temporary pins to help hold the stiff paper strings in place or out of your way. Expect to work slower than normal because of inserting the strings, but you'll soon get used to it. These pictures actually go quite fast since they have widely spaced pinholes. Finishing -- I finished the first one on the front and did not like it. Here is what I did on the rest of them. When working the side where all the knots are, work the stitch on top as normal. Place pin. Close. Lift the bobbins involved with the edging and tuck all the discard threads UNDER them and towards the top of the pillow, above the next edging pinhole. Use a temp pin to hold the threads up out of the way. Do the Tuck Under process on all the way down this side. Finish the fourth side where you sew in all the connections. Leave the last two threads long after you tie them off. (Will explain later.) Now the fun part. Bundle all the discard bobbins, or remove the bobbins leaving the thread ends hanging. Unpin the whole thing. Carefully turn it over and repin two rows above the loose threads. Tie off the hanging threads in pairs. Trim ends, or if you're really fussy, weave in the ends and then trim. Back to the last corner, where the outline paper strings meet the start. I tuck the excess paper strings to the back of the picture, and bend them to fit behind the starting strings. Use one of the hanging strings to overcast the paper string ends to the beginning ones, following the thread lines of the pattern. Do this for 1/2 - 1 inch. Fasten thread. Cut off excess paper string. Weave in second hanging string. Trim. Then have patience while you untwist the paper string ends in the picture. Let me know if this is not clearly explained. Alice in Oregon -- where my jury duty today was cancelled so I have the day for myself --- Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm just starting the sunflower from Eva > Kortelahti's book "Bobbin Lace with > Paper Strings". Has anyone worked something from > this book? .................. > > That results in a problem - finishing. If the > threads are just trapped and > cut off, that isn't a problem, but if they're > knotted it means they have to > be taken through to the underside for knotting. How? - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
