I make a good amount of Binche, and I originally used a "voodoo board". Now I
prefer circling the pinhole marks on the diagram with a small pencil circle,
and sometimes I lightly draw a swirly circle or an asterisk at a special
stitch, like the next stitch to-do when I'm putting it all away
Totally yes, can always make another diagram.
...and arrows! Vive la difference! I prefer them for Binche, as it takes me
as long to fumble around with pins and a board as it does to do same at the
lace pillow. For me the arrows are faster! I make a copy on heavy card-type
computer paper of the
In my initial Binche class it was suggested to use the sticky arrows. Hated
them! It is so much easier to pull a pin out of the foam and quickly move it
than it is to get an arrow off of paper and repositioned. Also i use a bunch of
pins and there would not be room for all arrows. Since most
For most laces, some sort of diagram is usually sufficient to know where you
are without further markings or pins. With the fine thread and confusion of
Binche, or more complicated Flanders at least, that is not always the case. I
began with sticking arrows, but pins in a cork board wins hands
I started lacemaking in 1969 although I have only mainly done very simple
patterns over the years as I worked fulltime but I love the Arachne emails and
I find the Ghost Pillow correspondence totally fascinating - you are never too
old to learn something new. Noelene
> On 14 September 2017 at
I agree with Lyn
> Using a ghost pillow does slow you down,
I do it in another way. I work along as usual but when I had to stop why ever I
put one or more, it depends, glass head pins on the point I stop on the
working scheme. So it’s easier for me to find later where I was. And I lay the
Hi a while ago made a piece of floral bucks for a friend's significant
birthday. I was way out of my depth with only a minimal knowledge of bucks.
I gave myself two years as I was working full time. I first enlarged the
pricking and worked it in thicker thread using a ghost pillow and then
worked
Hi Sue
Well done. I fully agree with your approach. I am the worst at following
diagrams but they have their place. I was tearing my hair out trying to master
Mechlin using diagrams but suddenly my Floral Bucks skills kicked in and I
understood what to do. I was able to abandon the diagram. If
I use one also, for Flanders & Binche. I couldn't do those complex designs
without one. And losing track of where I am is the primary reason. Like
Nancy, I like to call it the "voodoo board". I think of it as murdering the
design invented by a wicked sorcerer. And who is going to be defeated, me
Hi,
Here in Adelaide, South Australia we call these boards our 'voodoo'
boards - when the going gets tough, stick in a pin. :-)
Cheers,
Shirley T. - winter is still raging here and won't let Spring come
visit us just yet. :-(
Our thoughts and prayers are with those suffering the effects
I call mine a voodoo board, too!
The first time I used one, I was doing what I now think was a fairly simple
Old Flanders pattern. I couldnât follow the pattern just by looking at it.
In fact, even once I had the board I still had problems, because I was so
confused that I would get lost during
Nancy, I agree that it is always good to work without a crutch, and some
laces simply don't need such a device, but when one is stretching one's
ability, sometimes to the limit, a voodoo pillow might also add magic to
the effort. Some Val, certainly, I don't know about Mechlin, but Binche,
with
Using a ghost pillow does slow you down, but if the lace is stretching your
abilities, I think it makes the work faster because you don't have to spend so
much time figuring out where you are. Also, the ghost pillow is bigger than
the pricking. I first found out about it by watching our Devon
oepie in a wet East Sussex.
>
>
> From: Lyn Bailey<mailto:lynrbai...@supernet.com>
> Sent: 13 September 2017 16:30
> To: lace@arachne.com<mailto:lace@arachne.com>
> Subject: [lace] Ghost pillow
>
> I don’t know all the names a ghost pillow is called, but it i
Hi Nancy, and everyone.
Things have slowed down at work, a nice break to look at Arachne mail. That is
interesting about the pillow. I still can't stick pins in my hedgehog. One try
was all I managed.
Jocelyn in central Canada where the sky is dark with smoke from northern fires.
Such a
Thanks Lyn. I also use a spare bit of polystyrene, which will now be
elevated to the status of ghost pillow or voodoo pillow!
But I like your idea of using different pins for different things, and will
definitely incorporate that idea!
Sue from Montelimar, France, where autumn has definitely
I agree with Holly Van Sciver that the ultimate goal is to be able to look
at the lace and see what to do next. I'm getting better at doing that with
Bucks but I find that old-style Binche/Val/Mechlin is still really
difficult to do without such a pillow. However, the main thing I wanted to
add is
After my classes finished just as I was getting to grip with Bucks Point I
didn't want to give it up, so I bought a polystyrene block and put an exact
copy pricking on it as I worked it I put the pins in the corresponding place I
learnt a great deal doing it that way as I progressed I slowly
section, but put it away once Id conquered
the problem area. I will probably use it more now.
Happy lace making,
Joepie in a wet East Sussex.
From: Lyn Bailey<mailto:lynrbai...@supernet.com>
Sent: 13 September 2017 16:30
To: lace@arachne.com<mailto:lace@arachne.com>
Subject: [lace] Gho
I donât know all the names a ghost pillow is called, but it is a very useful
device, used especially in more complicated laces where repeats donât really
happen. You have your pricking on your pillow. Then usually you have a
diagram or at least another, enlarged pricking on a piece of cork,
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