Hello Helen and everyone The neat join called "lassen" is really effective. I followed the instruction in the Book of Flanders by Niven; equipment required is one very short, very fine needle, a pair of finely-pointed scissors, and a joining thread that exactly matches the shade of the lace thread, and ---> two... counts finer. Not difficult to find. I have not seen anything about 6 times finer, maybe the scholarly booklet "Het Lassen" offers some information.
"Lassen" worked for me, joining over the first and last repeats of a circular edging in Flanders lace, and for a Binche lace hanky, joining along one of the sides. Somebody mentioned corners. I do not think "lassen" is done at a corner. I have seen mitred joins, but not the overlap join at a corner. Hope this helps. On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 1:11 AM H M Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: > .... Was there some secret extra-fine thread ... > > -- Bev cool in the fog of in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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/
