Hello Nancy Yes, a sewing is the correct way to join the two ends, and knotting them after the sewing is usually a good idea. If you're going to darn in the ends, cut the pairs off leaving a nice, long end to thread into your darning needle - you only need to darn in about half an inch (maybe less on a fine-thread lace - I often only do about a quarter-inch).
If you intend to glue the knots to save the hassle of darning in the ends (some of us are nowhere near as neat with a sewing needle as we are with our bobbins...), cut the threads as close to the knots as you dare! I'm not sure how well glue would hold/look for the missed joins in the work - If there are several adjacent pinholes with missed joins it would probably look better to either oversew the edges together or (the traditional way to join two pieces of lace) pin the sections to be joined back onto your pillow and use a pair of bobbins to work sewings between them. I'm not sure I can manage to describe how to do this in words alone - a diagram would be much easier to follow - can anyone else explain how to do it? Beth in a rainy Cheshire, NW England - my garden is getting a much needed drink today (but I will probably have to go slug-hunting tonight, or all my seedlings will have disappeared by tomorrow) Nancy wrote: > Talking about glue, darning and knots! The square that I did recently I > did a 'sewing' to join the pieces together at the end. Was that the right > thing to do or should I have done something different? I then did a couple > of knots to be on the safe side. How close could I have then cut the knot? > Obviously not glue but darning and if so, how? Can I use glue to join > pieces of the lace together that should have been together in the pattern > but somehow or other arent? There are a couple of places in my square > where I could see that it should have joined on to another bit but is just > hanging loose! > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
