I have been following your discussion about prickings and patterns with interest. I personally photocopy two patterns, one to work and another to be able to have as a reference so that I don't have to carry the book around with me everywhere. Then I place this on top of a piece of card (the type that usually comes as packing with tights and shirts) and then cover again with a piece of thick plastic or blue film. I used to use transparent self-adhesive film, but when working a pattern which took two years to complete and mostly done during the hot summer months, I found that the glue from the film kept transferring to my pins and made them rather sticky!!! Karen in Malta
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of purple lacer Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 4:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace] RE: to prick or not to prick 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] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.11/543 - Release Date: 20/11/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.11/543 - Release Date: 20/11/2006 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
