Were they wearing thin because of the threads coming untwisted or did they appear to be getting cut? If the first query is the problem, then while making your lace you can turn the bobbin a number of times on the pillow to retwist the threads. You just have to keep an eye on the threads while you work.
If it was the second query, then you should replace the worn threads as Bev said. If the passives are the same type of thread as the worker, I run another thread from a pin alongside the worn thread, twisting them together and then do an exchange of pairs, cttc, with the workers and take them out to the side so that they are twisted along the sewing edge and use the replenished bobbin as a worker. That magic cttc works in many places so long as you tension correctly. Janice On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Witchy Woman <[email protected]> wrote: >.... By the time I got to the end > of the piece they were seriously fraying. ..... > Am I doing something wrong or is this a common problem? Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - 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/albums/most-recent
