Hello Jane and everyone One of our generic terms that could be either/or... I call a cover cloth the one used to do the covering of the lace, and a work cloth the one used under the work in progress to (in my case) keep the pillow surface clean as the bobbins are swooped back and forth, as well as preventing threads catching on the pricking edge. If I'm transporting the work in progress, I flip the work cloth up over the bobbins, pin all to the pillow, pin a cover cloth over that and all into the pillow carry bag... My favourite work cloth has a small hole in the middle to expose the working area and cover the rest of the pillow although this style is limited to the available working area equal to the size of the hole in the cloth. Some use clear vinyl so that they can see the entire area.
On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Jane Partridge < [email protected]> wrote: > > a) sit over the bottom half of a pricking/under the bobbins (when it is > often called a 'working cloth') - this has the advantage of stopping the > threads rubbing against the edges of the pricking or, on a fully dressed > pillow (which also has cloths covering the sides of the pricking or > completed work) catching on pins that have been pushed down or > b) be placed over the pillow and any work on it when you move away for any > reason - either placed on if you are coming straight back, or pinned on for > transportation. > -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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/
