If you plan carefully before you start, then the overlap can be a bit smaller
than the (I think) suggested 4 repeats. If you decide where you want to do
the join, one repeat before at the start and one extra at the end gives plenty
to be able to handle it.
The other advantages of this join
Do these joins work well on heavy (thick thread) laces?
I'm working a Cluny pattern in Moravia 40 linen, and darning the ends in
unobtrusively is going to be a pain (there's no cloth stitch, apart from the
footside it's entirely plaits and leaves). As I want it to look good (it's a
special
Do these joins work well on heavy (thick thread)
laces?...As I want it to look good (it's a special present
for friends), and wasn't
happy with the way the first repeat or two turned out, making extra and
overlapping sounds like a good idea,
No, not really. It is
At 12:23 AM 4/14/2005, you wrote:
Do these joins work well on heavy (thick thread) laces?
I'm working a Cluny pattern in Moravia 40 linen, and darning the ends in
unobtrusively is going to be a pain..
Sorry. The book made a statement that overlapping was for continuous
laces, not laces with
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From: Bev Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: 4/14/2005 1:23:05 AM
Subject: re: [lace] overlap joins
Alice wrote:
A common mistake of the beginner is to be so happy to have reached the
*end*, that they don't want to continue on for another couple
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Subject: re: [lace] overlap joins
Bev wrote -
You are giving yourself the advantage, therefore, by making 'extra.' Of
course I have yet to test the method myself (a Flanders hanky edging lies
in wait, just for the purpose) but I
Alice wrote:
A common mistake of the beginner is to be so happy to have reached the
*end*, that they don't want to continue on for another couple repeats.
LOL - this is what put me off trying the methods in 'Het Lassen' - which I
invested in because I didn't like the joins I was making with
