Honestly, Noelene!! You've outdone yourself with this one!! I think I'm going to have to print this one out and frame it... because it certainly tells (in a cheerful way that doesn't reflect MY mood after three tries to get it right!!) what I go through whenever I start a new piece!!
Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Noelene Lafferty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (Penelope Stitch is when you have to work backwards to undo a mistake - > named after the Greek legend in which Penelope undid her weaving every > night) > > Lady Penelope. > The bobbins are loaded, the pricking is done > The pincushion is bristling with pins. > Theres a picture of what the whole thing looks like > And the big new adventure begins. > > Dive in with abandon, dont let the time waste > A new project is such a delight > Hang in those new bobbins, make the pins fly > Ill have them all in by tonight. > > But now I work down to where two trails meet > I find one is just not the right stitch. > My picture says cloth stitch for the one on the right > But the left one is proving a glitch. > > So Lady Penelope comes to the fore > And backwards I go with my twist > Cross to the left, take out the pin > Back to where two pairs had kissed > > Then forwards again, with vigour renewed > To the end of the long and straight trail. > But whats this I find, Im a whole pair short > Penelopes looking quite pale! > > So back lacing I go to the very first bit > Where the last pairs of bobbins were hung. > Id missed hanging one on the edge of the trail > Must have been when the telephone rung. > > Now bobbins are all in their right proper place > The pincushions bereft of its pins. > The first repeats done, and the second begun > Ive conquered, and Penelope wins. > > Noelene in Cooma, Australia > (written from experience, of course) > (I don't thing I've posted this before, sorry if I have) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
