Hi Lacemakers. May I suggest you go to the hardware store and pick up the nail punch that would serve to sink the very smallest nail heads. That is what I found for my Honiton work. I use 170/2 threads and the sea of pins can become quite compact sometimes. So while shopping with my husband in the hardware store I searched for a solution and that was it. NO more sore fingers.
You might take away a lot of my lacing tools but don't take my mini nail punch. Susie Morris, Illinois [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bev walker Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 11:21 AM To: Sue Cc: Arachne Subject: Re: [lace] lace pins and finger tips Hi Sue and everyone If I vary regular-head steel pins with glass headed pins, my right pushing-in fingertip doesn't get sore. The finest pins I have been able to find, the Clover silk pins with red or white heads, are even good for fine Buckspoint. When I used to do Honiton, eventually I would get the wee pin heads stuck in the fingertip (v. painful), then I'd have to stop for awhile, or use the left hand (and then stop for awhile). The adhesive pads were 'ok' (find them in quilters' notions - on me they leave adhesive goo on the skin), and a leather finger tip was 'ok' (I thought it too bulky) - but not the same as being able to push the pin in directly. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
