I am naturally very left handed but, like Jacquie Tinch, I use either hand
to place pins. For example making picots, with left handed picots I place
the pin with my right hand while twisting and holding the bobbins in my
left hand, for right handed picots I take the pin in my left hand, twist
and hold the bobbins in my right. It took me a bit of practice to begin
with but I persevered and don't think I could use just one hand for placing
picot pins on both left and right of my lace.
Jacquie Tinch wrote:-
<<If I am placing a pin on the left of the lace, my left hand is twisting,
then holding the workers out of the way and my right hand collects and
places the pin.
On the right hand edge the opposite happens. I'm sure I am not alone in
this. >>
Being English living in Spain and going to lace days here I get comments
about having the footside of my lace on the right hand side, as I was taught
in England years ago. Spanish lacemakers always have the foot on the left,
the comments often include something like "Oh well you English drive on the
other side of the road too"
My pillow is always looked at with great interest because of my spangled
bobbins to begin with, then the fact that the footside is on the right hand
side. Last of all to be looked at is the piece of lace I am working. I
could be making the most intricate piece of point lace but it would be the
last thing to be noticed, the bobbins come first. I don't mind at all as it
amuses me and I don't mind talking about the different bobbin styles on my
pillow and why they are spangled.
Regards
Jenny DeAngelis
Spain.
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