When I started to make lace it was in a period when people actually used Overhead Projectors rather than light projectors to show presentations. The first time that I set up my honiton pillow my fellow lacemakers at the group I attended suggested that instead of just putting on a number of cover cloths or one with a hole in it, first I should cover the unused area with pieces of OHP acetate then the cover cloth. I must admit that I thought they were a little mad until I started to come back in circles due to the pattern and suddenly I'm working over where I have worked before heading towards the pins and there is nothing to catch on because of the acetate. I promptly went out a bought a whole box of acetates and discovered that over 20 years I've used about 6 sheets because they wear so well and if the areas where you pinned them down start to wear large you just trim them back and carry on. I'm currently working on a circular piece from 50 new bobbin lace patterns by Claire Burkhard and have just started to head back to the starting point so I'll be getting the OHP acetates out this afternoon to start to place round the pillow. L
Kind Regards Liz Baker [email protected] My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ - 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
