Hi Lyn and fellow Arachnids, Thank you very much for sharing, Lyn. There are some really useful ideas here. I have used an idiots board before (a piece of polystyrene or soft board with the diagram/enlarged pricking on it to put pins in as you progress) if a lace had an extremely difficult section, but put it away once Id conquered the problem area. I will probably use it more now.
Happy lace making, Joepie in a wet East Sussex. From: Lyn Bailey<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: 13 September 2017 16:30 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [lace] Ghost pillow I dont know all the names a ghost pillow is called, but it is a very useful device, used especially in more complicated laces where repeats dont really happen. You have your pricking on your pillow. Then usually you have a diagram or at least another, enlarged pricking on a piece of cork, or other board which will take pins. <..................................................................... ..........................................>In other cases, either with or without a ghost pillow, I put 2 pins on either side of the pair that needs to be worked next when I think that might not be readily apparent. Lyn in Lancaster, - 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/
