I have to say that the storage of my prickings is not the best way so I
spend quite a bit of time hunting for certain things but you email has made
me think about it.
Ever since I began making lace 10 years ago I have kept note books, one just
has each piece with a number going up from number 1 to the current 482 or
something. I write the name of the piece and/or the type and sometimes the
colour in a one liner. Other books of which I now have 6, I write the same
number and name etc, how many prs of bobbins used, what type of thread. Any
particular notes about the piece that is relevant. Sometimes the name of
who it was given to and also if I made an error, if I liked the piece or
not. That bit is the easy record keeping and then I have lots of patterns
stored in A4 plastic sleeves and into folders which could do with being
differently arranged, but lack of space stops that:-)
But using the book method if I were Jenny I could then go on to use the same
numbering sequence and note the storage place. Box files with letters in
the type of Lace or something like that. When making up a pattern I often
try printing out at different sizes and keep the paper sheets together as
well, so sometimes going through the files allows me a fresh look at what
should stay and what should go. Of course I have made up a second pricking
when I couldn't find the original :-) which obviously turns up soon after
that:-) But its rare for me to throw a pricking away,
Sue T
but how to store it so I can find it later?
Right now some are in plastic sleeve files - sorted on type ; length,
cornered, christmas, mat etc some with my teaching notes some in the
stack
on the bookshelf some ... It is just not *organised* so when I am hunting
for a pricking I can never find it until I remake the darn thing.
putting a numbered sticker on each pricking and storing them numerically
in
bunches of 20 in suspension files in the filing cabinet - marking the
original source (book, mag) in pencil with the pricking number
Hugs
Jenny Brandis
Kununurra, Western Australia
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