I would thoroughly dampen the lace, then pin the pricking onto a pillow or a piece of styrofoam, or the ironing board if it would fit, cover the pricking with plastic and then pin the lace back into the original pinholes. It's easiest if you pin a bit on one side and then a bit on the opposite side, then the third side and the side opposite that, and then go back and start pinning in a bit more on each side in the same way, until you have filled all the outside pinholes. That should do the trick.
If you haven't got a full pricking, you can do this without any pricking, but using the original is ideal. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) > The sun was shining brightly in a blue sky yesterday so I was unusually full > of housework enthusiasm. One of the things I grabbed to go into the wash was > one of my cover cloths which was lying on the sideboard. I didn't stop to > wonder why it was there but was reminded when I opened the washing machine, > which had been on a hot wash, to find the pice of lace I'd recently finished, > apart from sewing in the ends, which I'd carefully placed inside a cover > cloth to keep it clean. Yes, THAT cover cloth. So, I now turn to you, my > Arachne friends, to ask, is all lost? Can I save the shrivelled piece of > blue fabric that was to be a table mat for my spare bedroom? I've tried > pressing it, but the corners pull out more than the middle so it's somewhat > wavy round the edges and I'm at a loss as to whether it is rescuable or > whether I should start again. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
