Hello All! My goodness, the list is quiet! Is everyone OK? Hope so. After working thru my samples of Devon Trolly, Malmesbury, Downton & Bedfordshire, I landed at Bucks Point. Jean Leader kindly sent a pair of bookmark patterns with fillings & I finished a single motif as an ornament. My photo is posted to Flickr. Plenty of mistakes but overall I love it! In the last few years, we have downsized to a tiny Christmas tree in a pot—either Norfolk Island pine or a rosemary to sit on the coffee table. The mini ornament will be the perfect size. Now if I get busy, I can make several dozen by December—Ha ha! In the process of working the motif, it was necessary to add one pair on each side with a false picot. False picots need two pairs & I couldn’t find instructions anywhere for one pair! What to do. Ended up folding the pair in half, twisting the two threads together then making a slip knot around the pin, two twists, then worked thru the passives. My fudge worked but surel! y there is a proper way to do this! Will an expert please enlighten me? Finishing & tying off at the last picot was not very successful. What should I have done? While working my sample, I used my new Malmesbury, Downton & Devon Trolly bobbins. For a new experiment, I want to test drive my Downtons using palms up & a bolster as I found them hard to grasp on my flat cookie pillow. But The Malmesbury & Devon were divine! My question is, why not use those bobbins instead of spangled Midlands or Continentals? They are a wonderful size & weight & except for being “plain”—think Amish—they were great. Am I missing something here? Many thanks for any suggestions & advice. Sincerely, Susan Hottle in sunny & breezy South Florida, USA
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