Has anyone here noticed a problem with tensioning linen thread? I am
working on some torchon using Brockens 50/2 and I am increasingly disappointed
with the uneven tension in the piece. The headside is a looser tension than
the footside making the headside look a bit wavy. I have tried very hard to
not pull the footside stitches too tightly, and to firm up the doublestitch
fans on the headside, but to no avail. I have used the same thread in a very
simple edging (half-stitch fan and hs pin hs ground). I had the same issues
with the headside getting wavy. Fortunately, it was sewn on a gentle curve
that hid the curve within the lace, but I really want to solve this problem
before I tackle the torchon fan I am planning. I may have to face the sad
news that it is my technique rather than the thread, but the thread is
"crisper" than cotton and I wondered if that may affect the ability to
tension.
Regarding the traveled/travelled controversy, I can illuminate the American
rules governing the spelling and pronounciation! American English spelling
actually follows very consistent rules (believe it or not!!). A final
consonant is only doubled when adding a suffix when
1. It is a multisyllabic word and the final syllable is stressed,
ie., refer----referred
or
2. It is a single closed syllable, ie., stop----stopped
In both cases it retains the short e sound because it is a closed syllable.
The word travel is composed of 2 closed syllables, TRAV and EL. The
addition of a suffix of any type does not change the syllable type of the base
word, therefore the vowel sound must remain short. The only closed syllables
that are "allowed" to have a long vowel sound are the exceptions old, ost,
olt, ild, ind. Syllables ending in these five welded sounds may have a long
vowel sound.
There, probably much more than anyone ever wanted to know about word
structure!
Elise
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