Re: [lace] Re: Continuing from starting and finishing

2009-04-03 Thread Sue Duckles
Have we all forgotten Sheila Brown's books on starts and finishes in Torchon, Bucks and Beds? I'm sure they're still available. I'm also sure she'll tell us where from if we ask. I seem to remember that Jo Firth, Pat at Roseground and SMP do stock them in England. Sue in EY On 3 Apr 2009

Re: [lace] Re: Continuing from starting and finishing

2009-04-03 Thread Clay Blackwell
I have another use for those glass-head pins. When I'm working on a block pillow, and the regular short pins don't want to hold at the spot where two pillows come together, I use one of the glass-head pins which are much longer than my regular pins. Putting it in as a very slight angle - but

Re: [lace] Re: Continuing from starting and finishing

2009-04-03 Thread Sue
On Apr 2, 2009, at 7:13, Sue T wrote: When I first started trying to begin projects on my own I kept forgetting to take out the temporary pins, Tamara wrote I use plain-headed pins as my basic ones, and a coloured-headed ones for hanging in -- whether at the beginning, for gimp, or for a new p

[lace] Re: Continuing from starting and finishing

2009-04-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Apr 2, 2009, at 7:13, Sue T wrote: When I first started trying to begin projects on my own I kept forgetting to take out the temporary pins, I use plain-headed pins as my basic ones, and a coloured-headed ones for hanging in -- whether at the beginning, for gimp, or for a new pair added i