Hi Angela! Congratulations on getting started again!!
Don't fret over the calculations for the corners!! It's actually quite simple. Just remember that each side has to reach beyond the edge of the handkerchief to the edge of the lace around the corner... (does that make any sense?). So if your lace is 1/2inch wide, and each side of the handkerchief is 8 inches, you need 8 plus 1/2 plus 1/2, or nine inches for each side, for a total of 36 inches. This does not include the amount needed for joining one end to the other. That will depend on how you do that. With handkerchiefs that had gathered corners (the older handkerchiefs), the join was usually within the gathers in a corner where it was less visable. A slight overlap is all that is needed, and then whip-stitch the two ends together. So you'll want to have about a 1/2" extra to do this, and then when you're satisfied that you have got the measurements right, you can trim the extra bits. Have fun!! Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Angela Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Well I did it!! The sun was shining, all your mails behind me, so I > prepared a pricking, and step by step I started making lace! Just a simple > fir tree fan," I had full step by step instructions in Stotts "Bobbin Lace > Manual" The book I originally started making lace with. I really needed > the "hanging on" "starting and "footside" directions, but my fingers > remembered the stitches. After the first repeat I just had a quick glance > at the book for the second repeat, then I was away. I have prepared a second > pricking of a handkerchief edging which also features the "fir tree fan" but > larger along with a half stitch trail. There are less instructions with > that. > > > > The "Running River" pattern has been temporarily put aside when I realised > there were no corners in it. Didn't feel equal to designing a corner or > working out how much extra to work to go around them :) Don't even remember > where that information is! > > > > Angela Simpson. > > Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside, England. > > > > > > > > > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
