Re: [lace] hint
> that would be a lot of work, and really slow me down > way too much, considering how often they change in Binche I tried the elastic thing once and once only! My problem was that stopping - at all - irritates me. Plus, at times I merrily laced away without remembering the elastics were on the bobbins (I donât look at the bobbins as I work; I look at the threads) and by the time I found the marked bobbins they had left the motif anyway, and I realized the technique simply wasnât helping me. It wasnât long, though, before I had made enough lace that I didnât have ring pair problems any more. Adele West Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] hint
I had the same problem and found the little butterfly hairclips were useful to mark the ring pair. A previous use for the clips was to hold a metallic thread on a bobbin. Jay in Sydney - I have started using small elastics to mark the ring pair, they are easily put on or taken off when they are no longer a ring pair, no more unlacing to find the ring pair back. They are small, about 1/2 inch diameter, and wrap around the bottom of continentals 2x to stay in place. *Marianne* - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] hint
Sort of coming out of lurkdom to contribute a trick I have been using since I started doing/learning Flanders lace. I had a hard time keeping track of the 'ring pair' and often ended up going right past it and then having to unlace to find it back again. I finally hit on a way to keep track of the ring pair. Using a different pair doesn't work, cause the ring pair often changes. But...I have started using small elastics to mark the ring pair, they are easily put on or taken off when they are no longer a ring pair, no more unlacing to find the ring pair back. They are small, about 1/2 inch diameter, and wrap around the bottom of continentals 2x to stay in place. And once I started Binche, which not only has ring pairs, but also contour pairs, I was glad the package of little elastics (they came from the hair accessories department at the dollar store) had both white and black ones. so now any ring pair gets black elastics, and the contour pair gets the white ones. And since there are lots of elastics, it makes no difference how many of each pair set I need, and they are easily replaced if the snap, which they do cause they so often need to be moved from one pair of bobbins to another, and they were only $1 for a package of at least 100 (could be more, I lost the tag of the package). *Marianne* Marianne Gallant Vernon, BC Canada m...@shaw.ca http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca, https://www.facebook.com/GallantCreation/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] hint!!
Maybe if I walk past the computer enought time I will remember the
reason.last tiem I go involved in Beflre Lace!
A bit ago, in the discussion of foam lillow filler, someone stated that they
do not like to put too many divider pins into the foam. Nor do I. On one
visit to Doris Southards, she was using a piece of beeswax, that was handy,
to keep bobbin out of the way...and it worked. So I went home and bought some
of the large (maybe 1x2 white {or pink or gray or green erasers}) . They
are great. They do not slide and easy to move around. I have used ever
since.
That's all
Smiles,
BarbE
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