Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:29:40 +0000 From: Linda Walton <linda.wal...@cherryfield.me.uk> Subject: Re: [lace] How many kinds of lace?
How many kinds of lace do I make? Well, the only kind of lace I make is Bucks point ground, and I like to make yardage.......But since I developed arthritis most of these have been forbidden, since they put side-loads on my finger joints. However, thank goodness I took my small pillow in to show the physiotherapist at the hospital, and she approved bobbin lace, especially my bucks thumper bobbins which are easy to scoop up and hold using the whole hand rather than spangled midlands. I agree that bobbon lacemaking is light joints. When I saw the surgeon a week after I broke my wrist, which had been pinned so I did not have a cast, he asked me what my activities were. I got no further than saying 'bobbin lace' when he cut in with 'Good therapy, that will get everything moving' - and it did. I also have arthritis and prefer the East Midlands bobbins. I don't grip them, I curl my fingers slightly under them and allow the weight of the bobbins to tension the thread. We are all different and different techniques suit different people. Continue with whatever you find the most comfortable, there is no single 'correct' andwer Keep lacemaking Alex. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
