Talking about the fans has reminded me of this: Yesterday at the lace meeting I went to someone was just finishing off a Springetts decoration and he had only been able to get a bangle which was quite a bit bigger than recommended. It is a simple design from their little green book of patterns, with two rings with beaded spokes between them.
As he didn't want to enlarge the pricking and have to find bigger beads, he just did a sewing onto the ring at 'every' outside pinhole, with several twists to bridge the gap, instead of at intervals as shown on the pattern. He'd used red for the workers, a glittery, paler-than-usual Christmassy green and biggish gold beads. The bangle he was using had a notched outer surface, and the sewings settled into the notches and looked very neat, but the long sewings gave an extra red ring around the design and it was stunning. Jacquie in Lincolnshire - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
