Julie, Instead of worrying about the length of the fringe, can't you  start the scarf with a straight edge and then add the fringe when it is all finished. It is easy enough to use a crochet hook to loop the fringe onto the edge. I presume that you are going to make three pieces of lace and join them together for the full width. When I made my large scarf, I made a wide roller to use down the center of my 24" block pillow so that I could work the full width at the same time.  I was concerned I would run out of silk thread before I completed the third piece which was why I made it all at the same time. I just had enough.Janice <My prepwork is almost done. The only problem now is that I have to decide how long to make the fringe of my scarf. I would have liked to have put off this decision until the scarf was done, but the fringe at the beginning side is put in when the scarf is started. I can shorten it afterwards but not beforehand. So I want a length that I won't think is too short but at the same time is not so long that I waste a bunch of yarn on cut-off fringes. Yarn that I spent many hours laboriously winding on to bobbins, and yarns whose wastage means that I will need to replenish bobbins that much sooner.
Julie Shalack Laurel, Maryland, USA>  Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, www.jblace.com - 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/
