Hi,
About 20 years ago when I first attempted Point Ground my tutor at the
time, Karen Blum, taught us the multi-stranded technique of gimps. She
also taught us how to carry the unwanted threads to the next element via
the gimp strands. It is a very tidy solution to excess threads.
Cheers,
Shirley T. - in cold, wet Adelaide, South Australia glad that the
warmer weather is not too far away.
On 28-Jul-15 1:02 AM, Bev Walker wrote:
Hello Marianne and everyone
This is an interesting technique that Ulrike outlines. I first encountered
multiple threads as gimp when I tried Chantilly from Lia's book.
Traditional Bayeux and old Tønder also have this kind of gimp. It is handy
for pairs leaving the ground or motif with nowhere to go but join the gimp,
until they are needed again in the design.
You are right, it is also a good way to deal with stops and starts of the
gimp, so that the lace looks nicer.
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Marianne Gallant <[email protected]> wrote:
Like who would ever come up with the idea of using several plies of the
fine thread for the gimp and then splitting it onto 2 bobbins (4 per
pair of gimps), so that you can easier move the gimps around to avoid
having to end and restart them for different parts.
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