Thx Jane—When I checked the Archives, I didn’t find the discussion of Cotona green you mentioned but I did find other interesting tidbits so I annotated Brenda’s book. The project I referenced did involve pale green Cotona 618 seafoam (!!), but I’ve had similar issues with 668 goldenrod so I’m inclined to think it is the lightly twisted properties of this thread. You really hit a nerve when you asked about my bobbins! 😬 I typically use continentals but made a conscious decision to use spangled Midlands for the Beds. Oy—they don’t roll but they sure do land askew on top of their spangles! It didn’t seem to matter whether they were vintage bobbins, commercially made ones, or bobbins that I had spangled myself. They got all jacked up & I kid you not, I spent more time disentangling them than it was worth. Beautiful but evil so I am taking a break from Midlands! I must pay more attention to my winding, shortening & lengthening habits. I can’t imagine what I�! ��ve done but this is why golfer’s have swing coaches & baseball has pitching coaches—it’s to discover subtle things about technique or mechanics that throw off the results!
This is the one thing I should have added to Devon’s query/discussion about how to learn to make lace. There is a certain value to taking lessons or being in the presence of others who are more experienced. It’s easy to unintentionally develop bad habits when working independently. In the meantime, now that I realize that I have a two- or three-lifetime supply of Cordonnet, I will find a solution. Many thanks again. Sincerely, Susan Hottle FL, USA Sent from my iPad > On Jan 27, 2019, at 8:25 AM, Jane Partridge <[email protected]> wrote: > > Susan, > > There's absolutely nothing wrong in wanting to work in white (or any other > colour) :-). > > I remember some years ago there was a problem with a particular, pale green, > Madeira Tanne (they changed the name to Cotona when they started selling it > on smaller reels) that used to unravel during work and was discussed on > Arachne - so a search of the archives might bring up the solutions we came up > with then. It was strange that it was only that one colour, and a number of > us on both sides of the pond had the same problem. - 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/
