On Jan 14, 2007, at 4:27, Brenda Paternoster wrote, in response to
Leonard:
traditional solution was said to be to use half stitch and twists not
whole stitch and twists at the footpin - Alexandra Stillwell's
experiments showing it doesn't always work!
I was taught that an extra twist on whichever pair was at the foot
edge would counteract the tendency for PG lace to curve.
I wasn't *taught* that -- I seem to have spent half of my lacemaking
life re-inventing the wheel -- but I was happy to see my instincts
confirmed by, I think, Skovgaard. If I make a piece of PG lace which is
built on a circular grid, I don't add that extra twist at the footside;
I welcome the in-curving. But, if the piece is to be straight, I do add
a twist to the inner "worker-in-waiting" and to both inner and outer
"resting" workers for an insertion -- otherwise, the main work tends to
bulge a bit.
Milanese doesn't seem to need that extra twist to the lazy-bones, for
some reason...
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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