--- susan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> if anyone is interested, the best method i have come
> up with so far is
> to attatch the bobbin to a thin dowel with a rubber
> band, and then
> twist it down my leg like a spindle. the thinner
> the dowel, the more
> twist per push, and the bobbins fill up
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 07:19:21 -0500, Sue wrote:
>Picots vary according to the sort of lace you are making. So picots in Beds
>are different from in Binche which aren't the same as those in Bucks lace
>etc. As you learn a new sort of lace the constant question is "how does this
>sort make picots?"
i'll watch out for that tonight when i work on it again. maybe the
tension is not equal, and that is throwing it off. i'll definitely
watch for that because i don't want it to fall to pieces once i get it
done. this is just a practice pattern for a book mark i am making with
old wound bobbins.
You may well may doing this, Susan, but you didn't mention it in your last
message.
Jacquie in her detailed response to your picot question said:
Now very
gently snuggle the threads until they are the same tension; you
should be able
to see the twisted bit going round the pin now, and then snu
that should help. i went ahead with my pattern and did not take out
any pins in the picots until there was an inch more lace underneath it,
and then it didn't move. maybe i took the pins out too soon. i hate
to think they will come out once the lace is washed. i will try to
twist 5 times instea
Picots vary according to the sort of lace you are making. So picots in Beds
are different from in Binche which aren't the same as those in Bucks lace
etc. As you learn a new sort of lace the constant question is "how does this
sort make picots?"
Sue
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Hi Suzy
Try twisting the thread 5 times - the number of twists depends on the
thickness of the thread and the size of the pin. You need just enough for the
little
twisted cord to fit round the pin and 5 is usually about right for medium
weight thread.
I guess you are doing picots on the plait
i'm doing a really small pattern from a barbara underwood bedfordshire
pattern book and the double picots are not coming out very nice. they
tell you to twist the thread 3 times, take a needle and spin it around
the far right thread, then wrap it around once with the thread to the
left of the last
