Thanks for you input Donna I was just fiddling with the lace and was amazed at how much the washing relaxed the footside edge. It will stretch back to it's original length, but is now quite springy. Got to love linen - it has life.
I'm used to sampling when weaving, but didn't think of all the things I need to test with the lace... Vila On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:58:58 -0700 (PDT) Donna Fousek <[email protected]> wrote: > I know this will not help you Vila, but it does bring up a good question on > how we are going to use the lace we make. I was thinking of inserting some > stripe lace onto a summer top to cover up a stain that I ware around > causally. My husband does the wash (No he does not fold) and he pit everything > into the washer and dryer unless I put it aside for hand washing. So it would > have to pass his standard. I did a test to see what would happen with dmc > cotton 12 the wash. I choose the cotton because the top is cotton. After doing > a 8 inch test strip sample of the pattern then I measured it. Height and > width. The srinkage was more heigth than width. Shrinkage was over 10% in > heigth and around 8% in width. I was a little suprised that the shrinkage was > not uniform. I tried ironing it out and it look ok but not as good as the pre > washing. I thought of preshrinking my thread before hand. Have not tried it as > of yet but will. Thinking it would be > better than adjusting the pattern. > > Donna near Chicago where fall is - 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
