Dear Friends,
I was working on my Chantilly today and wondered what some of you
might do when you find yourself in the situation I did.
This piece is very fine and sometimes the dots are virtually on top
of each other. I was in the middle of a large open area of plain
point ground when suddenly I realized I had an extra pair of bobbins.
So what do I do??? They HAVE to go!
This has happened before and so what I do is this. I undo the 3
twists on 2 neighbouring pairs, tie the middle 2 of the 4 bobbins off
using my favourite knot, throw them out, and then re-twist the
remaining 2 bobbins 3 times. I realize that in courser work this may
stick out like dogs' b**** but I find it virtually invisible with
finer work (unless you know of course).
Just interested to know if any of you have a better way to solve this
problem. Of course it does always leave you wondering if you are
short a pair somewhere else - sometimes yes, and sometimes no.
David in Ballarat
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