Hello Brenda, Sue and everyone else.
Thanks for the comments on continental way of making leaves and tallies.
Probably just me being silly, but when I tried both methods in thick
string, I could not tell why they were different.
So I am off to my pilow and have another go.
Agnes Boddington -
Hi Agnes,
The tallies aren't different. The techniques are different but the end result
is always the same - the threads follow the same path. I suppose some
lacemakers find the continental technique easier because you shouldn't need to
shorten any of the bobbins. I can make good tallies
Agnes Boddington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ages ago someone showed me an easier way of making tallies and leaves,
but I think I wrote it down wrongly as I just end up with a kind of
plait-gone-wrong.---
It sounds like the twist, twist, cross method. If that's what you wrote
down, you'd
On Jun 1, 2008, at 8:33, Agnes Boddington wrote:
Thanks for the comments on continental way of making leaves and
tallies.
Probably just me being silly, but when I tried both methods in thick
string, I could not tell why they were different.
The leaves themselves are not any different; they
Thanks to all who helped me get myself sorted on the leaves.
Managed to do two, then realized I should have brought in two new pairs,
only added one, so am now undoing the leaves again.
Good learning curve, I suppose.
Should know how to do leaves by the time I finish my small Beds circle!
Agnes
I think you may be thinking of the continental method of crossing the
two centre bobbins, two twists oon the left hand pair, cross the middle
two then two twists on the right hand pair but whichever way you handle
the bobbins it's down to tensioning the two outer passives correctly.
