Hi Helen
I'm no needlelace expert (let alone guru), just someone who enjoyed
making a bit of needlelace until arthritis in my thumb made all
hand-sewing/embroidery too painful to continue, but I reckon for me the
natural way to make the stitch comes out "opposite" on alternate
directions and that's how it's shown in the diagram for double brussels
stitch at the beginning of Catherine Barley's book; I'd never even
thought whether it was possible to make it look the same, and the
results look ok to me, the
stitch tension is the most important thing and that won't come right if
the movement of making the stitch feels awkward or uncomfortable.
What do our real needlelace experts on arachne think?
Beth
In a damp, chilly Cheshire (NW England)
PS Anyone have any ideas what to do with a very large needlelace UFO? -
I spent 10 years playing with the idea and collecting silk threads for a
wide collar of autumn leaves, finally got the outlines worked out on
paper and arthritis struck just as I'd finished laying the cordonnet;
I'm unlikely ever to be able to work at it for more than 10 minutes at a
time (even sewing a button back onto a garment is painful) so no hope of
completing it...
Helen wrote:
Dear Needlelace Gurus, I have a really basic question. I've received
conflicting answers from 'experts' so I'm now confused. When you are making the
'buttonhole' stitch from right to left, is it supposed to look identical to
when made from left to right or is it supposed to be the opposite? I do hope
that this makes sense! Many thanks in advance ...
Regards, Helen
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