On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 07:26:16 +0100, Annette wrote: >I don't have anything to prick onto yet, so I use the bottom of my polystyrene >mushroom pillow. I've just bought a block pillow, and intend to use the side >of the blocks to prick. I suppose I ought to go and get a polystyrene ceiling >tile from B&Q!
When I first started making lace I used an odd bit of polystyrene tile as a pricking board. After about a year someone persuaded me to blow an entire GBP1.50 on a cork pricking board. This is so much better to use than the tile, that you should order one Annette. Then go to Sainsburys and look for wax coated paper for baking and wrap the cork tile in the wax paper. Every time you prick the needle picks up a tiny bit of wax from the paper, making it slide more easily through the card. One wrapping of the paper lasts ages, so one roll is a lifetime's worth (well unless you use it for cooking as well). -- A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake at the moment. - Willis Player Steph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tatting, lace & stitching page <http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
