Here in the US I have never seen "proper pricking card". The only way to get it would be from overseas or perhaps from a US lace vendor which makes it inconvenient and likely expensive. This is also true of the blue film used to cover a pricking. I purchased some last year at the Denver IOLI convention and was stunned at the cost!
Like Jenny I prefer to use my handy dandy home scanner and printer. I scan a desired pricking into my computer, adjust if necessary with Photoshop and print the desired size onto light blue cardstock. I then use clear contact shelf paper (found inexpensively at Wal-mart or many other stores) to cover the pricking. This keeps the ink from getting wet and staining the lace and also provides a little more stiffness. So for about $15 I have a rolll of contact paper and a ream of cardstock that will keep me in prickings for many years to come! I used to not pre-prick.... back when my eyes were younger and my patterns were for larger thread. These days I have found that it is just faster to preprick a pattern so later I don't have to worry about precisely hitting the hole. It is much easier to just feel around for it. Anita Cedar Rapids, Iowa .... midwest USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get free, personalized commercial-free online radio with MSN Radio powered by Pandora - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
