One of my ferrets (they both still live because I don't know which one) climbed up my stack of lace pillows last night to the one I've been working on. Ferrets like to dig, and they like things that rustle, click, or otherwise make noise. Image the little beast's delight when s/he discovered that, when s/he dug at bobbins either in or out of holders, said bobbins made an interesting noise. All my bobbins are in disarray, tangled, dragged out of their holders, and otherwise in a jumble. The only blessings are that so far I have found no broken threads, and there's no damage to the finished lace. And oh yes, the kind of lace is old valenciennes/binche, so there's no particular pattern to what the last stitch anywhere should be (see picture at the link below) and I'm reconstructing by both un-tangling and un-lacing until I can recognize where I am from my "shadow pillow" (the working diagram on ethafoam with pins to mark my place). This is all without mentioning ferret hair on the pillow... Anyone who has had a pillow dumped by a cat will appreciate the situation! A picture of the lace at a much earlier stage: http://laceioli.ning.com/photo/from-kobe?context=user (if it doesn't go straight to the right picture, it's the one on the red pricking card.) Thanks for letting me whine!! Nancy, in Connecticut, USA
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