For what it's worth, I have tried architect's linen for both needlelace and bobbin lace - to dismal results on *both* occasions, because...for the needlelace, I washed the blue starch out first! duh! The linen fabric is tough! For the bobbin lace, I used it with the blue coating, had drawn the pricking on it freehand. I didn't bother with that again, *pins didn't go through it readily*. LaL (Live and Learn).
On 1/5/11, Sue Babbs <[email protected]> wrote: > As I posted the original query I can assure that it was only referring to > architects' linen and in the context solely of needle lace. I would not > dream of using it for bobbin lace, for which I would consider it to be > entirely inappropriate as it is not stiff enough for that purpose. -- 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]
