On 25 May 2015, at 19:58, Susan <[email protected]> wrote: > Before I aggravate myself with another strip, could someone lend a hand with > advice?
Susan, Working a twisted picot: 1. Take pin from outside under outer thread of twisted pair, bring point of pin towards you and out to the side over the thread, place pin (this can be somewhere in the pillow at a distance from the pattern). 2. Check that the thread to the bobbin is on the underside of the loop round the pin. 3. Bring other thread of pair below and round the back of the pin to lie beside other thread. (For left-hand picots this will be clockwise, for right-hand picots anti-clockwise.) 4. Check that the threads coming away from the pin are one below and one above the threads going to the pin. (The diagram on kloskant week 45 shows this for a picot on the right-hand side of the lace.) This is necessary so that when you tension the twists stay together and end up around the pin. 5. If you’ve placed the pin away from the pricking you can now move it carefully into its pinhole. (Placing the pin away from the pricking initially and then moving it into place is a trick I was shown any years ago.) I suggest trying this to both right and left with a pair wound with thick thread so you can really see what’s happening. Jean in Glasgow where the sun is still shining - 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/
