[lace] IOLI Magazines

2017-09-17 Thread Elizabeth Ligeti.
Hooray, - and Wow! The postie delivered the IOLI Bulletins this morning – Yes, Plural – there were 2 of them!! Spring and Summer editions, - so I have Lots of interesting reading for tonight! I have had a very quick flip though – and see there are Tatting patterns by the Shuttle Brothers.

Re: [lace] Ghost pillow, voodoo pillow, pins

2017-09-17 Thread b...@historichousehunter.com
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

Re: [lace] Ghost pillow, voodoo pillow, pins

2017-09-17 Thread Bev Walker
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

[lace] Ghost pillow, voodoo pillow, pins

2017-09-17 Thread Anita Hansen
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