It is a long time since I have heard the phrase "sky blue pink". I don't think I have heard it in America. And, of course, we can make lace in that very shade if we want as I am sure I have seen it in DMC tatting thread.
I have started the Beds project and the Thai silk is hardly spun at all, in that it very easily becomes undone and catches on every little thing. Similar to a Pipers silk I have used in the past. My fingers are in a bad state after spending some time getting the flower borders in a reasonable state before our hot and humid weather arrives, so just touching the silk to wind yet more bobbins is difficult. I think I have over 100 bobbins on the pillow and have run out of my International squares. Today was a good lace day because I received an extra 14 square bobbins from Richard Pikul in Canada in the mail. They are so nice and smooth, I just love the style which is similar to a Midlands bobbin at the top, but flares out to a square bottom. They don't need spangles as he adds weight inside the bottom with a tin weight. I hope to have enough one day to be able to have a Milanese pillow with only that style of bobbin. Janice Sue wrote: <We have a wealth of fibres, colours, threads at our disposal. If any individual wants to scale up a pattern, scale down a pattern, work in silk, wire, cotton, linen, in red, orange black, sky-blue-pink with variegations they can!!! At the end of the day, it should be up to the individual what they work with, in, and what they do with the lace afterwards! Who are we to say whether they are right or wrong? Let's make lace in the style and method appropriate to us as people!> Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
