I've been following this thread with great interest! And, honestly, have no absolute opinion one way or the other... But I did find, on a recent Binche piece, that there was some of this same "tread misbehavior" going on. At such a fine scale, my attempts to compensate we're not glaringly evident, but my conclusion was that if a thread was moving in the same direction as te twist on the passives, then it tended to "sink" into the passive twist. If it was moving in the opposite direction, then it was more inclined to "sit on" the passives. When I added a twist to the former, the workers maintained more "integrity", and did not sink, therefore helping the problem.
It's still an ongoing challenge, however! Clay Sent from my iPad On Jan 6, 2013, at 8:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ---- Sue Babbs <[email protected]> wrote: > I was really just intrigued that the inclusion of half stitch made the > bobbins unwind, which they hadn't done on the earlier strip on either side > of the pattern----- > > It sounds to me like you use slightly different movement to work CTC and CT. > I know, I do. When I do cloth stitch, it's actually 5 movements for me: C, > T, C, push 1 pair aside, pull 1 new pair in, repeat. > > When I do half stitch, I get closer to throwing the bobbins and it becomes 3 > movements: C, T-and-drop (one pair aside), pull another pair in, repeat. > > The difference in handling could very well cause a difference in how much the > threads twist and/or in which direction they twist. I just don't know how > much or in what direction, never having examined the result. I'm always > checking for over/under twisting, and rolling the bobbin that need fixing, so > I don't pay attention to what might have caused more or less of it. > > Robin P. > Los Angeles, California, USA > [email protected] > > Sue > > [email protected] > > This sounds like the problem may be due to the pillow you are using. Are > you > using a cookie pillow with a high dome that would cause bobbind on the left > to > roll to the left, those on the right to roll towards the right. > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
