Dear Leonard, et al
I have almost finished the first learner piece. If you look at the
pattern, http://www.svenskaspetsar.se/sv/article/928/kors_langd and
enlarge that tiny thumbnail, you will see that there is a section of
clothstitch between the squares that goes the entire width of the
lace. I figure if I lay in a new worker thread in that area, the
whole width of the lace, few if any will be able to see that there
are 9 threads instead of 8. I am going to make my second learner
piece, this time with the thread I intend to use, and I'll be trying
a couple different methods of adding, passives and workers. I think
a lot can be done with that area between the squares to take care of
thread replacement.
Thank you so much for the time you took to share your expertise, as
with all the other people who were willing to help.
Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA where we're expecting a band of
rain, but it has also been cool enough to work outside without
dehydrating. Garage. After it's done, I get a new kitchen.
Leonard wrote: Russian tape, 18/3 linen, so I continually need
to replenish bobbins. I've found that in this very thick thread,
the bump from exchanging a passive and worker is annoyingly
visible. Usually it's a worker that needs changing, so I just
knot on a fully-wound bobbin to the end, and the use another
fully wound bobbin, thread secured on a pin, with it, just
before the knot, for one row only; that line of weaving has three
wefts instead of two, and it really does not show. Continue with
the second bobbin, throw out the first, to be used to replace the
next worker that runs out. Provided I don't cut the ends until
I'm well past the change, it is very secure. The passives are
obviously done the same - run an extra new thread by the old one
for a few rows, fewer than you think provided you don't cut or
pull too soon. On tape, I try to do this on a sharp curve, when
very little is needed to secure it and it does not show; not so
easy in torchon, which is more even-weave, but there I should do
what I do in Bucks sometimes, keep the extra passive in for the
whole of a small motif, and it would take the maker's eye to see
it! If you are working a very large piece, the sooner the need
to fill bobbins and get rid of knots is accepted, the easier it
becomes; after a bit, it relieves the boredom, and then it
becomes almost automatic - like planning the end of a line of
typing on a manual machine when the bell rang!
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