Ann-Marie > Hi To one of my lace teachers horror I work with the pick up motion on continentals too! But it works for me. I guess we have a lot fo different ways of doing things. I use continentals on both roller pillows, flat and domed pillows but for me they work best on cookie pillows and not so very good at flat, I have thinner continental on flat pillows, but they are much easier to pick up than the thin bobbins. If the pillow is domed the weight of the bobbins helps you to stretch the treads. Ann-Marie
> I work with the continentals differently than I do the midlands. For the > former I use my knuckles and the between-fingers space more, and for the > latter it is more of a picking-up motion. There is also more 'flicking' > possible, with the continentals, as the bobbins are transferred in > position. This might or might not be a good thing, depending on the > methods of the lacemaker. > with the lace, as if it was meant to be. > > You may need to use the continentals on a less-domed pillow than the > midlands. I prefer a slight dome for both, except honiton where the round > pillow of a certain size acts with the characteristic bobbins. Honiton > bobbins have to be 'just right' - not too heavy, nor too light, too long > or too short, or too big of a head - or too small. > hope everyone is having a good weekend - Bev in Sooke BC who shouldn't be > thinking of Tigne laces, but working on her Flanders instead > > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
