Re: [lace] Strangled Picots

2003-12-16 Thread Clay Blackwell
Subject: [lace] Strangled Picots Dear Spiders, I feel like I am making my intro at an anonymous meeting. My name is Patty and I strangle picots. I am an equal opportunity strangler: Torchon, point ground, Binche, the list goes on. The problem is that I am so intent on NOT having floppy

Re: [lace] Strangled Picots

2003-12-16 Thread Mary L. Tod
OK, I'm going to admit to my lazy way of doing picots, which I think may be the Binche type as Michael Giusiana taught this method to me. I simply twist 7 times, put my pin under both threads at the same time and loop them around before placing the pin (same type of movement as done for

Re: [lace] Strangled Picots

2003-12-16 Thread Alice Howell
At 05:35 AM 12/16/2003, you wrote: I use two threads, twist five times, scoop the outside thread by starting with the pin on the side of the thread facing the lace, so that when you put it in the pinhole the thread is clockwise and the bobbin end is the under thread. Leave the first thread

[lace] Strangled Picots

2003-12-15 Thread Patricia Dowden
Dear Spiders, I feel like I am making my intro at an anonymous meeting. My name is Patty and I strangle picots. I am an equal opportunity strangler: Torchon, point ground, Binche, the list goes on. The problem is that I am so intent on NOT having floppy picots that instead I produce little

RE: [lace] Strangled Picots

2003-12-15 Thread Panza, Robin
From: Patricia Dowden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] How do you all make nice graceful picots? Single thread, double thread, Flanders? Would a larger pin make a better picot? Sigh . . . Some people do use a larger (sometimes, much larger) pin, or two pins. Robin P. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Re: [lace] Strangled Picots

2003-12-15 Thread mshue
Would those who reply to this email please reply to the list so that some of the rest of us can benefit? Or Patti, would you forward responses to me? Thanks! Mary in Ann Arbor Quoting Patricia Dowden [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dear Spiders, How do you all make nice graceful picots? Single thread,