Dear Helen,
Whenever possible, I would plan to finish a ten stick by sewing it to a
previously completed section of ten stick.
Where this is not possible, you could try throwing back a passive pair
(next to the foot edge) in a couple of rows towards the end. Work to end,
tie off all pairs.
There are three turning stitch variations that I know of, my definition of
a turning stitch being the way to reverse direction without a pin, and this is
how it has been referred to by the various teachers I have studied, with
regardless of the movements used.
First is the one that Tamara
On 14 Jun 2005, at 02:29, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
The plain vanilla tenstick is marked on a pricking as you describe -
with a single line of pin-dots (on the outside curve). That's where
you do your regular sewing footside edge, however you do it (T the
worker prior to the do-si-do. Then: CTCT
From: Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I work the turning stitch on the inside curve of 10-stick/8-stick
as CTCTC. That changes one of the worker threads, not the pair. It
wouldn't work for colour but then 10-stick is used for a narrow
line/braid in a design and you probably wouldn't