Hi all - sampling is most important per Sue's comment:
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Sue hurwitz...@supanet.com wrote:
Also the ideas to make a small sample piece is always a good one because by
the time you have got a couple of inches of lace you have found the best way
to work the piece,
Hi Dona,
I have a photocopy option on my scanner and when I am unsure about the size
I print off a piece of pattern, at 100% of the size, then go up or down by
5% at a time checking the pin gap against threads until I find the one which
seems best for the job. Just write in pencil alongside
Wow! So many ideas and so much advice giving rise to yet more questions.
A big thank you to everyone who took the time to answer my questions. I
felt sure I knew the answer to the gimp question, particularly since I'm not
fond of lots of starts and stops with lots of ends in the piece. I just
So the options for that seem to be try and find as fine a linen thread as
possible, enlarge the pattern and see if I like what I get. The hang-up
there is that I'm unsure of how to enlarge the pattern. Can I just put it
on my scanner and enlarge it that way? How do I determine how much I need
