[lace-chat] Butter: was Welsh Dragon/cattern cakes on Lace

bevw wrote: have a creamed shortening base, instead of melted butter. Most recipes that call for melted butter -- and quite a lot of recipes that call for butter that isn't melted -- do just fine when I substitute walnut oil. I imagine that almond oil would work just as well. -- Joy Beeson

[lace-chat] Shoelace trick

Hi I am usually a silent member of the list, but I hope that someone can help me. I have a tatting pattern that calls for the shoelace trick, but I have never heard of this, and would like to make the pattern, Can anyone tell me what the shoelace trick is and how it is worked? I would be very

Re: [lace-chat] Shoelace trick

harlequin lace wrote: I have a tatting pattern that calls for the shoelace trick, but I have never heard of this, and would like to make the pattern, Can anyone tell me what the shoelace trick is and how it is worked? You swap the positions of the ball thread and the shuttle thread by