[lace] redrafting pricking
I am having another go at a bucks (my bete noir) garter. (Torchon is my favourite lace - I think because of its orderliness) So I've found a pretty garter in an old magazine and am at the stage of photocopying the pattern to prick out. The thing is the pricking looks out of sync to me. Are there any computer programmes - lace design or some sort of graphic package - that will allow me to scan the pricking and true up the dots?I'm not being fanatical about this - if I have to redraft it with pen and paper I'll live with itg. I'd be grateful for any advice jenny barron Sunny Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] redrafting pricking
Hi Jenny and everyone You might be ok with the pricking as it is - I have found the computer drafts are so perfect as to lack character so you might just want to work with it as it is. I'm thinking it is the ground areas that are looking wobbly? If it's the headside, too, then it would pay to redraft - but not sure if you want to invest in software and its learning curve just for the one project. If it is just the ground dots that look problematic, have a go at 'no pins' in that space. Take the catchpin at the footside as your start point, eyeball the destination point at the headside and work diagonally to it. Your one weaver pair will start at the catchpin and end at the next available headside pin. IIRC it is Pam Nottingham who says to use that as a test that you've made all the ground stitches correctly. Tug on that weaver pair and there should be a line of tension back to the catchpin. From another point of view if the pricking in the magazine is distorted from the printing process, then you'll have to redraft. Or - getting back to if it's ground that looks 'off' - draw light lines diagonally over the pindots, and follow the lines rather than the precise dots. This isn't answering your question. I can say that my choice of lace design software, Easy Lace, doesn't do the truing for you ;) On 2/20/06, Jenny Barron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there any computer programmes - lace design or some sort of graphic package - that will allow me to scan the pricking and true up the dots? -- bye for now Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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This was meant for Jenny and the list - thanks for writing, Daphne :) -- Forwarded message -- From: Daphne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Feb 20, 2006 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [lace] redrafting pricking Dear Jenny I have Lace 2000, and you can scan in your pattern and retrace the pattern. Best wishes Daphne And Bev adds - yes, in Easy Lace you can do that too - but Easy Lace, and, as far as I know, Lace 2000 doesn't take the scan and retrue the dots, the operator has to do that :)) Then, you are redrafting the pattern anyway so probably pen and paper will be just as straightforward if you have only the one pricking. (good luck with the *bête* Jenny) -- bye for now Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] redrafting pricking
The most important line to correct is the footside (and maybe the catch pin row); draw a straight line along and prick your hole next to the dots but on the line. If you do the same to the head side curves, it might be all you need to do. As someone else said, the Bucks ground is supported by the leading thread in each row and direction (if you work it correctly) so uneven ground pin holes are not crucial. If you are unhappy about the thought of not using them at all, use them but take them out a lot earlier than you normally would; perhaps only two or three rows on. (But I do mean just the ground pins, not the catch pins or footside pins or any catch pins alongside the pattern itself.) This will then allow the supporting thread to do it's work unimpeded by uneven pin spacing. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] redrafting pricking
Yes, Bev is right. You can scan in the pattern to Lace 200, but you still have to manually re-true it, the computer won't match the dots to the grid for you Sue And Bev adds - yes, in Easy Lace you can do that too - but Easy Lace, and, as far as I know, Lace 2000 doesn't take the scan and retrue the dots, the operator has to do that :)) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
