From: <[email protected]> Subject: [lace] Royal Honiton Lace & Honiton knots vs wasting thread
Hello All! Am I the only one who is being driven crazy (-ier!!) by the knot theory of Honiton?!? Hi Susan Honiton thread is very fine and if you wind one bobbin and take off a length to wind on another to make a couple you are likely to end up with the thread making it's own knots. Therefore it is easier to wind each bobbin separately and then knot them in pairs. To avoid knots working their way into the lace wind some thread from one bobbin onto the other, about 9-12 ins or more according to the size of the part of the motif you are making, and make the hitch. This way you should be able to make the motif part without reaching any knots. If you happen to reach a knot add in a new thread as you would if the thread had run out. Traditionally the lace workers would fill their bobbins and knot the pairs. At the end of a motif part they would bow off (cut off the pairs while making a knot), wind the knots across from one bobbin to the other and start a new part of the motif. For the lace workers this would also reduce wastage and hitches hold better if there is a pad of wound thread to hold it. Let me know if any part of this does not make sense. Happy lacemaking Alex - 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/
