<<There was a farmers' market at work today, and one of the traders was
selling honey and other "bee" products. I saw a block of beeswax that seemed
quite inexpensive (GBP 1.25 for a block about 1cm x 2cm x 8cm ish!)
I know that beeswax has something to do with cleaning pins, so I bought
some. But can anyone tell me how I should use it, and how it doesn't spoil
the lace!
Viv>>
Viv, I use my block of beeswas when I am pricking patterns. Now and then I
prod the pricking needle into the wax and it makes the needle pierce the
pricking card more easily. You can also use bees wax when embroidering, run
the thread over the bees wax and it keeps all the little fluffy "hairs" of
the thread smoothed down and helps to strengthen the thread while sewing. I
would not use it for lace threads in this way.
To clean pins the best thing is Pumice Powder. If you can get a little bit
of fleece, enough to fill a small pin cushion, and put a teaspoonful or so
of the pumice powder into the centre of that and enfold it with the
fleece, you make a pin cushion which you can use now and then, and only now
and then, to sharpen and clean your lace pins. If you were to use the pin
cushion all the time you will wear the pins down as each time they go in and
out of the pumice pin cushion a little bit of the metal is rubbed away. You
used to be able to buy pumice powder form Tim Parker in the UK, but not sure
if he still sells it in little bags of so many grammes.
Tim's website including his catalogue is at
http://www.cyberlink.co.uk/timparker/
Regards
Jenny DeAngelis.
Spain.
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