"...to store film-edged prickings,,,stick them to more adhesive film..."
It seems to me, that many prickings would fit into plastic sleeve protectors that hold 8 1/2 x 11" sheets of paper to fit in 3 ring binders. Many prickings come with foldswhich one may need to repeat with your working copy, but is that worse than having something large getting dog eared from sticking out somewhere and exposed to wear and tear? It could make for a nice filing system in a 3 ring binder (or filing folder for that matter). I do it with other patterns and employ tabbed dividers to categorize in 3 ring binders. In a rush, I purchased welding rods (sans flux) for dressing/blocking knitted lace. Fearing tarnish (as I often knit in white and dye later if I cannot find a color I like or cannot decide, plus white can always be cleaned well!), found that it hasn't been a problem. (Actually Addi lace needles have been more so, but that is another brass story). My point is, that people are sometimes quite acidic (their personal chemistry/diet), and can affect discoloration as much or more than environment (not to discount the acidity of what you have washed your pillow cover in, plus all the other components). People's stories with jewelry, from costume, to carat gold, would be the analogy here; some can wear it and others cannot, as it discolors or irritates.) HTH,Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
