Oh dear, I missed the pin instructions on pg4! Who doesn't just leap to the pricking that calls one's name? (vbg). My fault for "practicing" with the Duchesse pins--I just used them as regular pins, rather than pushing them down on a cookie pillow. My "go to" pins are the Iris superfein. I was trying to get a feel for using the Duchesse pins so that I could handle them efficiently when I switch to my small roller pillow. This roller pillow is an eye-catching purple with ribbon rosette trim & when used with my beaded Mechlin bobbins, the whole set up is a magnet during a demo. Since these miniature edgings use only a few pair, I figured I could stay on task even when interrupted with questions. The Duchesse pins are actually a solution to my previous problem with gathered passives on a footside when using the roller. If I understand you correctly, Duchesse pins should be reserved for pushing all the way down into the pillow. Can do! Since I couldn't pull up the loo! ps in my sample, perhaps they are not in the passives after all? It was a forest of pins indeed! It looks like I need to take a pic & zoom in on my monitor because I cannot ferret out the thread paths even with glasses & magnifiers. As to consolidating the roseground steps, I worked thru the passives, back out to the edge, then thru the cloth stitch & twist "corner" & tensioned the whole lot on one side before switching to the other side to repeat. Working in the middle, the "rose" itself doesn't lend to any consolidation. It doesn't seem like 2.5 rows of cloth stitch should be too much to tension but something clearly went awry. I am very fond of roseground so would like to improve my technique. Finding a reliable way to speed it up--without loops--would be even better! The next time I work this pattern, I do want to try it on the roller. In the meantime, while my sample isn't going to win any lacemaking prizes (!!), it doesn't look half bad with 2mm silk ribbon w! oven thru so will suit my purposes for a CQ block. Thank you for your suggestions Adele. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Palm Beach Gardens, FL USA
Sent from my iPad >From Adele: I wonder if when you consolidated you started making a several stitches before tensioning, because yes, that could have made little loops, but the loops probably wouldn’t be in the passives at the edges. Usually the edge passives are the easiest to tension. > > Usually the only thing I’ve found that makes loops is if I’m accidentally > getting the thread wound around the pin, or somehow winding it around more > than one pin. That is easy to do in these miniature lace patterns, because > there are so many pins you cannot clearly see the pattern as you’re making > it. > > I see in the instructions (p.4) that you did not need to use the Duchesse > pins on your sample - the longer & larger 30 x .55 mm Newey pins are what she > recommends for this particular pattern. The Duchesse pins were only intended > for use with the extremely fine 170/2 cotton, which is only used in four or > five of the patterns in the book. > >> - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
