When working in warm/dry climate, it helps to replace the moisture in the threads. I found linen threads breaking last month when I spent two long days outdoors at DH's family reunion. That night I spread out my bobbins with plastic underneath to protect the pillow, then laid a damp cloth over the thread area of the bobbins, and left it all night.
As far as I know, when finishing a piece, linen follows the basic rule I was taught.... leave on the pillow at least 12 hours before unpinning so the last threads can set their position memory. Alice in Oregon ... continued hot weather. Today we get to drive 300 miles to my brother's 50th anniversary celebration. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marji Sakievich <[email protected]> So I finished a bloemwork piece yesterday and having never used linen before I'm not sure if I should do anything to it before taking it off the pillow. As I live in a desert climate linen dries out too much. In fact I will probably not do it again as the threads break a lot! Any thoughts would be very helpful. Thanks, Marji - 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
