Alison, You fill me with hope. I'm still at the stage where I'm just so pleased I'm not lost, unraveling twice, with the diagram right next to me. I'm in a distracted place at this moment, but it is my intention to see if I can speed up, actually measuring time from one repeat to the next, to see if I improve, that sort of thing. Can I go faster without making mistakes? It should make the second half go faster. lrb
-----Original Message----- From: "Gray, Alison J" Sent: Jun 21, 2011 11:10 AM To: "'[email protected]'" , "'[email protected]'" Subject: Lace yardage < /zzzhead> Hi Lyn and everyone Iâve done several lots of yardage, the latest was 3 yards + of Torchon to go complement a large Torchon square I rather liked. The intention is to put the square on a cushion with the yardage round the outside, gathering the lace at the corners. Iâve got the fabric, all I need now is the time to put it all together⦠I think that the trick with yardage is to have something more challenging to do alongside it. I found that if I only had an hour so so to spare I could do an inch or so of the edging, when I wouldnât have time to do anything else. I certainly canât do lace very quickly even though Iâve been making lace on and off since 1985, and Iâve also wondered whether there was any way to get quicker. There were several times that I stopped the edging for a few weeks when I got bored with it (something the old lacemakers could never have considered) especially when I got to round about the midpoint. But surprisingly I got a second wind when I got near the end and the last 2 feet or so were much easier. Putting marker pins in where I started and stopped helped. I suffer problems with my back and I need to get up and have a stretch every hour or so, I have to prop myself up with cushions to get comfortable. I used to be able to make lace with my pillow on my lap, but my back wonât let me any more unless I put my feet up on a coffee table with a cushion on my lap under the lace pillow and an extra cushion behind my back. Lyn, I hope you get your yardage done in time. Iâm getting on with my Bucks Point project, Iâve got past the undoing everything at least twice stage and am beginning to think Iâm enjoying myself. Alison in Colchester, Essex, UK where the weather is dull, but warm and itâs actually warmer outside than indoors. - 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
