Hi David: I would have to see a picture of the two techniques to understand exactly what you’re talking about. It seems to me that if you have, say, a half-stitch diamond next to another half-stitch diamond and you don’t put on at least 1 extra twist, the two half-stitch areas would just become one big area. So I know I’m missing something here.
I would put in two twists to keep the continuity, but if that looked wonky I’d fool around with the twists until it looked better, just as you have. Adele West Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) On Oct 25, 2014, at 5:21 AM, David C COLLYER <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > I have a question which I think will prove difficult to put into words. > > If you are working 2 half stitch motifs side by side, or perhaps passing a > pair of bobbins backwards and forwards over the vein in a leaf, do you give > that pair a twist or not before including it in the other motif? > > I used to and found that handy to get bobbins which were running low on > thread over to the edge. But this year I've taken to not giving them that > twist thus ensuring continuity in the direction of the traveling threads and > the work does seem to look better. > > Comment most welcome. > David in Ballarat, AUS - 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/
