oooh I saw this on Martina Wolter-Kampmann's dvd, "Kloppeln auf der Rolle" where she cut a circle of the plastic a good inch wider all around than the circular pricking. Looked smart on the 'rolle' (bolster pillow).
I agree with Janice, that if you leave too many pins in a fine pattern such as Bucks point, the pricking card is going to lift. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Janice Blair <[email protected]> wrote: > I had heard the idea that Ulrike uses and have used it ever since. I cut > my sticky plastic covering about an inch or so wider than the pricking and > place the pricking on the pillow, then lay the sticky plastic over the top > of it, securing the pricking to the pillow. I am presently working a large > circular piece of buckspoint with lots of bobbins and was experiencing the > pricking rising up on the pins. I took out more than half of my pins that I > had left in, pressed down on the pricking, and have not had a problem since. > I think I just left too many pins in the pricking than I needed. > > -- 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]
