On Jan 31, 2009, at 15:39, [email protected] (Jacquie) wrote:
I have to state up front that I never leave my pins in overnight; when
I have
finished, I take the pins out. I want to see what I have made.
I'm curious about the results too. But.
In the old days, in non-yardage lace, I used to leave all the pins in
until the entire piece was finished. Sometimes, that meant *weeks*. If
I then yanked all the pins out at the same time -- the moment I
finished -- the older and the newer lace *did* shrink at different
rates. Sometimes, to the point where even washing and finger-stretching
it didn't, fully, even things out.
So, now, I make sure that no pins stay in for more than a day or two
past the point that's absolutely necessary to allow for proper
tensioning -- about 6-8 footside pins and everything in that area (ie
headside and "inside"). That way, I can remove the piece the moment
it's finished and no harm done.
One of the joys of working with the old plaited laces, BTW, is the fact
that you can reduce the number of the necessary footside pins to
something like 3 and the lace will still hold its shape without any
adverse effect vis tensioning.
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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