I am definately going to have to try this method for one of them now:-)
Also I assume that a washed and pressed hanky and a gently steamed piece of
lace will make them sit better ongoing too, as discussed for the napkin
strips last year.
Sue T Dorset, UK
Bobbin Lace and Glass engravings
I bought some men's hankies in the men's wears department of our local
John Lewis. they are 40cm square and have a self coloured stripe on
the edges but I wanted one for the centre of a table mat I'd just
completed.this worked brilliantly and the self stripe didn't
interfere with the
That's fine for tatting or crochet where you attach the lace as it's
made but if you are attaching BL or any other pre-made lace to the edge
of a hankie you should always make the fabric fit the lace and not try
to make the lace fit the fabric. ie attach lace to oversize fabric and
then make
Thank you to many of you for your helpful suggestions but as Jean says, in
this country some of these things are pretty hard to come by via charity
shops etc. and as I haven't been adding my place of residence to the bottom
of my emails which I have now changed you wouldn't have understood
Reading all and I checked out the internet (good old google) and found a
packet of pure white mens for an excellent price and no colour, so now I am
really excited and will sort that out today. Our two mens wear shops have
gone and I was thinking of one retailer where I might find them, this
Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com wrote:
That's fine for tatting or crochet where you attach the lace as it's
made but if you are attaching BL or any other pre-made lace to the edge
of a hankie you should always make the fabric fit the lace and not try
to make the lace fit the
On Mar 14, 2009, at 16:58, Sue wrote:
I had half remembered this but the only ones I have seen so far have
been the
womens hankies I have here which are far too colourful for the lace I
want to
make.
Sometimes that works for you, rather than against you :) I once found a
box of 3 (new)
Norma Harris nrm_h...@yahoo.com.au wrote:
If you want some nice hankies all ready to attach lace try hhtatting.com
(Handy Hands Tatting) and check out their catalog.
For that matter, many lace suppliers carry hankies (usually white cotton) for
attaching lace. I know I've seen them at
