Hi Ann, Have you gotten some help? Are there 6 tallies into the half area and 6 tallies out from the half stitch area? If so, there should be 6 pins, one each for the incoming tallies plus 6 more pins, one each for the outgoing tallies. Have I got it right?
If I have described it correctly, this is how I would do it. I would make each of the 6 tallies in turn. At the end of each tally, I would put the pin in, make a short temporary plait after the pin, and push the pin down. That way you can go onto the next tally and have room to make it. After all six are done, undo the plaits carefully. Find the top or first pin and do the first half stitch. Choose the worker pair and work to the next one in half stitch, take pin #2 out and put it back in with the workers on the outside and the three passive pairs on the inside. Continue on as in any other half st area bringing in two pairs at each pin or leaving two pair off according to where you are in the half st area, until you have covered the last pin in the half st area. You should now have two pair coming off of each of the last 6 pairs which you will now use to make the 6 tallies. At the end of each tally, I suggest you again put the pin in and make a temporary plait after the pin. Don't forget to take that temp plait out when you go back to work those tally pairs in earnest. Maybe you have 3 tallies in and 3 tallies out. It's still the same general plan. Those temp plaits can be very useful in working Beds/Cluny. I always do tallies asap, pin, plait, push the pin in. That way the tallies look better and they are more fun to make. Sally Schoenberg New Mexico > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [lace] Help please > Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:53:27 +0000 > > Can anyone tell me how to do a half stitch filling in the middle of 12 > Bedfordshire leaves please. > Ann > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
