Well of course you have got it in one go. I cant believe how daft I feel. To make it worse I am sure I have heard that before, maybe on Arachne before but not from the time of your link which is before my time on Arachne. But it is such a long time since I did much sewing and I just cut the thread and threaded it up (obviously using the end which was on my lap). Lesson one relearned the hard way. I stopped digging holes last night and checked out the last bit. Not only have I struggled but although parts of it are stitched really nicely and it is lying flat, having worked it side by side with a gentle oversewing but there are two obvious very untidy places, maybe struggling with the threads at the time and pulled without realising so now close to the end the lace with the holes to take elastic and ribbon section is tighter than the piece of edging lace with horseshoes which I am sewing on to it. I am very unhappy with that, so now will find a way to gently tease it apart if I can. If there are places that just wont come apart I might need to sacrifice the ribbon strip so I can pull the threads out with tweezers or whatever and might have to rework this piece but which ever way it works out I will work the sewings by pinning the parts back onto the patterns and pillow and work lacemakers sewings to bring them all together which never occurred to me before I started this time. This could all take me some time, but at this stage time is not a problem, it isnât needed yet and as I want it to be around for a long time I need to make it look as lovely as it should be. Thank you Jeri and to several other lovely Arachnids for taking the time last night to try to come to my rescue. Much appreciated. Guess what I was doing in my sleep? Many thanks Sue T Dorset UK
Dear Sue, Not sure, but it is possible you are sewing against the grain of the thread. Have you tried threading your needle from the other end of the thread? Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center --------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 8/29/2014 3:40:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I am sewing two pieces of lace together using the same thread as I made the lace with. Broder machine 50 and it keeps knotting although so far i have managed to undo it. Is there a knack to is, ie maybe is there a way the thread needs to be use? Sue T Dorset UK - 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/
