On Nov 2, 2008, at 4:31, Leonard Bazar wrote:
Another trick for making it easier to sew into pin holes is to put an
extra twist or two on the pairs making the pin hole [...]
Advisable for those, like me, who manage to mix pins [...]
That -- twisting "extra" -- is what I've been doing too, and for the
same reason (keeping track of more than one size of pin is just too
much effort). I was greatly reassured to see, on a close study of
(photos) the very early laces, that a "well defined" (up to 8 twists)
pinhole was used -- by lacemakers far more skilled than I am -- even in
place of a picot, 500yrs ago...
Some years back, when I was still dabbling with Point Ground, I *did*
use a different -- colour-headed -- pin, to hang a gimp from. For the
same reason that Clay mentioned -- to remind myself to remove it,
before it got locked beyond the ability to tension the gimp properly.
But that happened only once-twice per repeat, so I never needed more
than a couple of those. Having to use a thicker pin for every picot...
Yuck.
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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