Are you asking when the colored pairs will rejoin their original partners? It is probably easiest to hang on and experiment. As I understand the structure, you have half the threads going down and to the right, bouncing off the side, and then going down and to the left. The other half of the threads start down-left, bounce at the side and go down-right. If the path is a straight column and you have N pairs, I think you would have a repeat in the order of the bobbins after N passes of the worker (worker goes left is one pass. Worker goes right again is another pass). Once you add any variation to the shape being filled, the bounces move location, which brings me quickly back to experimentation. The other choice, that gets used in multicolored Milanese, is to throw in strategic extra twists on the edges of the figure to control where the threads end up. You could probably use that to keep the outside color from migrating into the half stitch. Have fun testing things out!Linda K, in sunny Boston, far from the dangerous heat in the west On Jun 17, 2021 6:01 PM, LacySuzette <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello All! I’m on the horns of a dilemma with a little lace strip involving two sections of cloth stitch with a section of half stitch in between. I’m using various color threads & wondered if there is a formula for calculating how many rows of half stitch are in a repeat. One edge is a sewing edge pin under four, the other is winkie pin. A long time ago I read something about keeping the edge in cloth stitch (Cook?) & doing so would maintain the color as a border. My goal is to have the half stitch section centered between the cloth stitch sections & come out even. Is this something that I need to sketch out with colored pencils or is there an easier way? Any suggestions are most welcome. Many thanks. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, South Florida USA Sent from my iPad - 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/ - 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/
