I was sitting at my lace pillow, moving pins from the back of my lace to my pincushion, when I started wondering. How long do other lacemakers leave the pins in their work? When making Torchon or Flanders lace, I leave the pins round the edge, and push them right down. I start to remove pins from the back of the lace after working 1.5 - 2 inches. With finer or non-.geometric lace I leave them in longer, and try to judge where I think the threads might pull, so that I can guard against this. What do you all do?
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