Hi Sue and everyone
If I vary regular-head steel pins with glass headed pins, my right
pushing-in fingertip doesn't get sore. The finest pins I have been
able to find, the Clover silk pins with red or white heads, are even
good for fine Buckspoint. When I used to do Honiton, eventually I
would get
Hi Sue - I used them in Montreal at IOLI when my finger got sore after the
first session of class. I found them a little awkward at first, but soon
got used to them. Have you tried just using 2-3 layers of micropore
(readily available at the chemist and useful for other things if it doesn't
That would be good.
My solution was (shh, said very quietly) to stop doing Honiton.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:29 AM, C Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
May I suggest you go to the hardware store and pick up the nail punch that
would serve to sink the very smallest nail heads. That is what I
On 9/22/08 11:50 AM, Sue wrote:
We have spoken about the sticky pad things that stick on
the end of the finger, can anyone tell me how well they
work, if they stay put on the finger for an evening
without problems like catching on threads or whatever.
Maybe its time I searched some out and got
I wonder if the liquid bandage stuff would work? I use it
occasionally (just paint on a few layers and let dry) when I am
quilting or appliqueing when my finger gets too sore.
Jude in WY
At 02:35 PM 9/22/2008, Joy Beeson wrote:
On 9/22/08 11:50 AM, Sue wrote:
We have spoken about the
Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We have spoken about the sticky pad things that stick on the end of the finger,
can anyone tell me how well they work, if they stay put on the finger for an
evening without problems like catching on threads or whatever.
I've tried two types of stick-on
