I am about to work my whole stitch braids with gutterman silk, which is what
I have in my box, which the book tells me is a Z twist.
Is there any special difference in the way I will handle it apart from
working on getting good tension and good pinning? I am going to work ovals
and was thinking maybe figure of 8 as well with the cloth stitch to start
and end. I am hoping that the twists with help hold it all in place. !!
I dont think I have used a Z twist before. ( The only sample piece I have
in my folder which has twisted is a small sample I tried with a polyester
because I liked the colour for my napkins, but didn't like the way it
worked).
I have just two more pairs of bobbins to wind today before I pin the pattern
to the pillow, <g> who got too much help last night to allow me to get
going then.
Sue T
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Were you with Arachne when we discussed curly lace a year or so ago?
After numerous trial and error pieces the conclusion was that half
stitch puts more Z twists into the lace than S twists, and with a
tightly twisted Z spun thread, especially of it's shiny and slippery
all the torque in the Z direction causes the finished lace to spiral in
the opposite way, ie S direction.
See:
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/curlylace/curlylace.html
Brenda
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