While learning wire lace with Lenka Suchanek, here is how we added beads in the ground: hook both threads of one of the 2 pairs through the bead, slip both threads of the second pair through the loop of double thread. Adjust the pairs to have their connection inside the bead. The bead takes the place of whatever ground stitch should have been worked. Pin wherever it will keep the tension correct. This places a bead that is correct for either side of the lace.
In cloth stitch or for a sewing edge, string the beads on the bobbin. For cloth stitch put the beads on the passives and slide into place as needed. For the sewing edge, the twists help to place the bead on the outside edge. Patty -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jane Partridge Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 5:37 AM To: Gray, Alison J Cc: '[email protected]' Subject: [lace] Query about putting beads on lace In message <[email protected]>, "Gray, Alison J" <[email protected]> writes > Of course, when I took the lace off the pillow the beads were now >on the 'wrong' side of the lace. I have been wondering, is there a way to put >beads on a piece of lace so that they end up on the 'right' side of the lace >without sewing them on afterwards? I had this problem with Giles (my dog bookmark) and ended up either pushing the beads through to the other side, or, as Clay said, accepting that wrong way up was to be the right side! In the jewellery pieces I've been doing recently, I've threaded the beads onto the threads at the time of winding the bobbins, and slid them into place when needed. With only using a few pairs, and beads on each thread, you can do this easily. In a larger piece, you need to plan carefully. From your pattern, if you enlarge a photocopy, can you draw in the thread paths so that you can work out which threads will need to carry the beads? Using a different coloured pencil crayon for each pair will help you see which thread is going where - not always easy if you do it all in one colour! You then need to think carefully about how many twists you will put on the worker at the end of a row of half stitch, (ie whether or not the worker remains as such, or swaps with a passive) which ground stitches you are using, and any other factors that affect the thread path. If the motif is small, without a lot of thread on the bobbins, or only a few beads are to be added in the piece, you could unwind, thread a bead on and rewind, but that would be tedious! -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected] - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
