On 8/26/07 7:57 AM, Lenore English wrote:
Rebecca Jones "The Complete Book of Tatting" describes a
slip stitch:
"Where it can be done conveniently it is a good idea
(saving time by having less ends to sew in) to slip
stitch from one row to the next. To do this, after
finishing the first row, do not cut the threads to start
the next row. Leave a space along the threads of both
shuttle and ball sufficient to carry you to the place
where the first ring of the next row will be and then
make the ring. This will mean that there will be loose
threads behind the work...These threads can be oversewn
to the back of the finished piece of tatting."
This is also known as "passing the thread behind".
If you can catch the threads in joins at short intervals,
there is no need to whip them down. The passed threads
shouldn't be so long that they can't stay behind the chain
or the side of the ring on their own, or with only a little
coaxing when the work is blocked. But they shouldn't be so
short that they short-cut across the middles of rings.
--
Joy Beeson
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Where it's stopped raining
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