i'm about to cheat altogether and just twist the thread 6 or 10 times which ever brings me the most correct size loop and then half stitch them in and continue with my plait. i'll have to see what that looks like. i did about 1 and a half more inches and about 10 more picots, and they look like they are supposed to, but i know the minute i wash the lace the picots are going to stretch out and look like a big sloppy strand of thread that went haywire.
two of my double sided picots are messed up on this pattern already. i have made by plait so tight that nothing could move in it, and still one of the double picots fluffed out. so , i'll have to go to cheating and just twist them. who is going to know? there isn't a lace police, and it is just a book mark! --- Carolyn Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Susan, > > Just in case no one mentioned it, make sure that the first loop > around your > pin is somewhat loose, and not tight to the pin, when you do this > step. > Some people say you can feel a little click or snap, but I often do > not. > But I've found that watching for that twist to spread around the pin > makes > all the difference. > > Holly Van Sciver offfers Bedfordshire videos and cd's by Christine > springett. I just bought one and recommend it highly. It's pricey, > but > cheaper than a workshop by far. (Although I'm also signed up for a > workshop) > > Oh, and BTW, about the name thing: I first met Tamara Duval about > eight > years ago -- from the relatively new Arachne list. Her husband went > to my > mother's high school which is how we started "talking", I think. > Anyway she > asked for a guide around Boston while visiting, and I volunteered. > My > entire family was convinced I was going to be ax murdered. But here > I am, > all these years later, and T and I are still good friends. I > personally > think that it is better not to let the crazies run your life, but > then > that's just me and I respect anyone who feels otherwise. > > Best, > Carolyn > > Carolyn W. Hastings > Stow, MA USA > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of susan > > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 2:23 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [lace] barbara underwood double picots > > > > > > i'll watch out for that tonight when i work on it again. > > maybe the tension is not equal, and that is throwing it off. > > i'll definitely watch for that because i don't want it to > > fall to pieces once i get it done. this is just a practice > > pattern for a book mark i am making with old wound bobbins. > > > > i'm really building up to making a nice cluny pattern with a > > lot of tallies. this pattern also has a ton of them, but > > they are not big pretty ones like in the pattern for the > > table mat. i was so disgusted in winding the bobbins, i just > > left them for now and used up some thread already wound onto > > other bobbins that wouldn't have been long enough for the big > > job and started making the book mark. winding bobbins is > > probably why most bobbin lace is so slow to get started. > > > > if anyone is interested, the best method i have come up with > > so far is to attatch the bobbin to a thin dowel with a rubber > > band, and then twist it down my leg like a spindle. the > > thinner the dowel, the more twist per push, and the bobbins > > fill up faster. i hope i get the patience to get the bigger > > job done, or at least ready to begin. > > > > > > > > > > --- Sue Babbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > You may well may doing this, Susan, but you didn't mention > > it in your > > > last message. > > > > > > Jacquie in her detailed response to your picot question said: > > > > > > > Now very > > > > gently snuggle the threads until they are the same tension; you > > > > should be able to see the twisted bit going round the pin > > now, and > > > > then snuggle it tight > > > > around the pin. > > > > > > This is actually a crucial step, which takes place just > > after you have > > > put the single threads round the pin. What you are doing is > pulling > > > very gently > > > on each of the bobbins, one by one and repeatedly until the > threads > > > are > > > twisted round the pin not lying as individuals still. It is very > > > gently but > > > very satisfying as they tweak into place > > > Sue > > > > > > - > > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the > > > line: > > > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing > > the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write > > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
