[lace] linen tensioning
Thank you all for your replies. I believe I have been removing the headside and footside pins too early. I will try that as well as tensioning after each stitch to see if that helps. It certainly makes sense to me. I also have some cotton on order and I will be interested to see if the issues I have disappear when I am no longer using linen. To Jean Nathan-- The picture of the cope is lovely. I noticed a couple of fillings in there I have never seen before. What is the filling in the motif in the top center that looks like bars making a series of rectangles? Something similar shows up near the bottom right and left, only the bars there almost look like raised work. Just curious, I'm not even remotely close to being able to do a piece like that! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] lacemaking on bobbin results
Straw vote results: 19 replies came in for the first category: I (heart/love) lacemaking 15 I (heart/love) lacing 1 doesn't matter 3 with three people further preferring I (heart/love) making lace. 22 replies came in for the second category: I would rather be... lacing 0 ... lacemaking 6 ... making lace 12 ... doesn't matter 4 I was interested, following the discussion of lacemaking/lacing. As one respondent mentioned about preferences, they aren't necessarily consistent. Many voiced opinion about the hackneyed new-speak I heart - yes, point taken. I do like it as part of a bobbin saying, kinda cute (however) and saves painting some letters :p I will conclude by mentioning that, prompted by my lace teacher of two decades ago, I sign at the end of notes to lace friends, Happy Lacing LOL. Thanks for all the lovely little messages in response to my poll! -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] linen tensioning
Elsie wrote: The picture of the cope is lovely. I noticed a couple of fillings in there I have never seen before. What is the filling in the motif in the top center that looks like bars making a series of rectangles? I have absolutely no idea. My knowledge of Bucks Point is very limited. If you go the web page where the photograph is shown, you can contact Malcolm Down by clicking on his name. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
