When working with a pillow on a stand, I use a music stand to hold
instructions and thread diagrams and open books. I can pull it in really
close next to me (being of the over-40 sight impaired that most of us are)
so my reading glasses are in focus on both the lace and the instructions. If
it's just a small piece that I can copy and cut out, I pin that to the top
part of the pillow.
If threads are difficult to see over a pricking, I scan the pricking onto
the computer and print it with coloured background and/or lines. For
instance I was having trouble with silver thread on a black on white
pricking so printed it yellow on navy blue. You have to use a program that
can print coloured background, as yellow lines woouldn't show if you tried
to print on dark blue paper.
A sheet of non-slip matting (can't remember what it's called, but mine came
on a roll and I cut off what I wanted) placed between the bottom of a pillow
and a smooth surface, eg a table stand, keps the pillow in place.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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