The instructions for keeping the threads slack until the the pin is in place are excellent; the problem with the Nottingham instructions is the three twists before, three after the pin. The three before form the picot itself, the three after have nowhere to go. If you look at the picots in the Nottingham books they are all at an angle to the edge, with the teardrop shape pushed uphill. I taught myself picots from the Pamela Nottingham books, and at my very first lesson with Pat Read she asked me how I was doing them as they didn't sit straight, and that's when she showed me "her" way. If you do five twists before the pin is placed, and then just one or none after you will find that the teardrop can sit with its centre line at right angles to the edge. Pat Read actually places the second, previously inner bobbin (that goes round the pin above the cord) to the outside, which is a twist on the left or a reverse twist on the right. It closes off the lower side of the picot, but doesn't push it out of line at all. Jacquie in Lincolnshire
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