Hi Susan, I started doing Binche a few months ago and ran into the same problem as you. Then I saw Nancy posting on Facebook that she had started using support pins when she was doing some of the early Binche lace and also started having holes appear. I have started using support pins in Binche, and it makes a huge difference. I use size 0 insect pins for support pins, since they are very fine, and it seems to make no difference when you take them out, I leave them in for quite a while, cause you never know when the next time you do something with those pairs you might end up pulling them out of position again. I use a support pin any time there appears a 'triangle' in the diagram when either pairs are taken into the cloth or taken out, which means that sometimes I have a support pin on both sides of a regular pin, specially if that regular pin does not support either of the 'workers turned passives' or 'passives turned workers', which sometimes happens when the regular pin is more to separate 2 pairs of passives to indicate a differentiation between parts of cloth work, and pairs are taken out and in just outside of those passives. Just because they didn't use support pins in the old days, does not mean we can't use them now, we are no longer in a big hurry to make as much lace as fast as possible.
*Marianne* Marianne Gallant Vernon, BC Canada [email protected] http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca, https://www.facebook.com/GallantCreation/ On 2018-09-06 10:14 a.m., Susan wrote: > Hello All! I am working a small beginner sampler & the weaver changes every > other row. Since I do not know what I am doing (!!), this has lead to small > holes in the slanted edge of the cloth work. While I suspect this is a > tension issue that I must overcome, should I use a support pin at that point > to help keep the newly discarded âweaver turned passiveâ in place? Remove > it after a few rows? Temporary pins can create holes too so maybe this is a > case of a double edged sword. I am using the most delicious color of pale > pink Aurifil 50 so I would like to make decent lace. Suggestions are welcome. > Many thanks. Sincerely, Susan Hottle USA > - 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/
