Hello All! I have conscientiously reviewed the Arachne Archives but did not find an answer to my question, although I found many tidbits about Flanders that I saved to my notebook. Thank you all for stocking the archives! I am working a strip of “peas” using DMC broder machine 50 & DMC cordonnet 30. When I reach the bottom of the pea, I need to cross the gimp & secure it within the adjacent pairs before leaving the motif to continue the ground. The working diagram clearly shows that the gimp passes thru each adjacent pair in the opposite order. I don’t regularly use gimp but somewhere in history I did & I thought the gimp ends were supposed to “lie in the same shed”. My recollection from Torchon is that at the last pin, the pair on each side passes thru the gimp, the gimp is crossed, then the gimp passes thru each opposing passive pair. Then opposing passive pairs are each twisted to hold the two strands of gimp snugly together. Is this something specific to Fl! anders, lacemaker’s choice or faulty memory on my part? Suggestions are welcome. Many thanks. Sincerely, Susan Hottle USA
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