I have used both - the paper and the linen (yes, the linen is 'old technology'), the latter was actually for a needlelace sampler - but...I washed the linen first! So of course I got a tough piece of fabric, not a glossy paper-ish medium. The fabric is so tough it was difficult to push a needle through (duh!). The linen would be ok for a pricking that you draw.
So - the drafting vellum they use now is ok for prickings, but it is a plastic, and any pointy bits, e.g. if you cut a bit for rectangular bookmark - are very sharp. Then, when you pin it to the pillow, don't move it much, else the pinholes get bigger. Also if you do put markings on the pricking, use it upside down so the pen or pencil markings show from underneath, doesn't get on the thread On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Sue <[email protected]> wrote: > We are currently using some architects paper for pattern making before > cutting > some weird shape in wood, but in the back of my mind I am thinking I have > heard that architects paper makes good Lace Pricking paper/parchment. > -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
