From: Patricia Ann Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It's a good thing that my swearing has lessened as I am now in the > processof making lace butterflies for a eucharist stole for my > priest at church. > I'm afraid that God might not like it if I swear over it!
A friend of mine had a nun in one of her classes, who was having a terrible time with a particular pattern. Virginia told her, "You know, 'lace' is a 4-letter word." For the rest of the evening, she repeatedly heard the nun quitely mutter, "lace!" I try to use that 4- letter word when I break a thread in public, but sometimes more severe ones slip out. The one big disaster I had was my first attempt at a Milanese pattern from Read & Kincaid's first book (the sea-dragon). I'd never used such fine thread before, 70/2 cotton. Okay, that's not so fine, but I was new to BL and had never before used anything finer than about 36/2 cotton. I broke about 10 threads doing the muzzle, but persevered. Then I dropped the pillow and broke 10 threads all at once! I was too stunned to swear. Some time later I decided that qualified as an act of God and cut it off. Someday I need to try it again, now that I'm not afraid of "such fine thread". 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]
