Hi Janice,
I do remember some of this but on this occasion chose to use normal pricking
card, but have since been reminded that ordinary card without the blue
sticky would work well. It was my first try at using the roller pillow and
I have a snug fit over the top of the roller as well as a piece of camping
foam and then cotton fabric tight around it. It is working pretty well, I
am getting on well.
Having achieved that I will go for the lighter card next time and the
slightly larger roll of card to prevent the pins using the same hole for
yards of lace:-) thank you for reminding me of that.
There is a little pocket on the back side of the travel pillow bag, but it
is facing the side so not good for the lace inside. At the moment I have
the lace laying straight over the bag, but have pinned a cotton hanky either
side of it, so I just pull it through. I have now worked enough lace so I
am going to have to roll it, or fold and pin:-)
I am currently adding in new bobbins as I work when they run low (as I am
using the gutterman silk thread from a previous project while learning the
use the pillow). I expected to find it harder to get the hang of than I
have. I will have a play with things to find out the best way to secure the
lace to keep it clean and safe while I continue to work. Once I have used
up this thread I am planning on designing and making a wider and longer
strip of lace for a tablecloth edge which will definately be a longer work
in progress and the longest piece of lace ever made by myself in all the 10
years of lacemaking.
Thank you to you and all the other kind people for their advice and
suggestions.
Sue T
Hi Sue,
There was a discussion on Arachne in the past where it was suggested that
if you
intend to do yardage on a roller pillow, that you do not make the pricking
fit
a half inch left over to pin to the back of the
pillow, and sewn together.
Janice
< There wasn't room to wrap wool blanket around it, so in the end
I have a thin layer of foam with a couple of layers of cotton fabric
pulled
tight around it and the pattern fits beautifully around that.
I am using up the spare left over silk threads left on the bobbins from my
finished garter.
Sue T
Dorset UK>
Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org
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