>>>From: Tamara P. Duvall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>You don't view yor pricking from the same angle when you prick on a corkboard set flat on a table and when you prick on a pillow; you're less likely to be *accurate* when pricking on a pillow. <<<
I'm not convinced this is necessarily so. May vary from lacemaker to lacemaker. A cookie pillow, for example, isn't all that different from a cork board. Nor are some people all that super-careful when pricking on a board (cork or otherwise). I agree it may be a little harder with a roller, especially a small roller, but not necessarily a flatter pillow. >>>A well-made pillow is likely to be a good deal harder than a corkboard; <<< This one I whole-heartedly disagree with. My good pillows are *not* harder than cork, although some of the cheaper ones may be. >>>Also, you can put the layers of waxed paper (to make your pricking needle slide in and out easily, without getting a wax build-up) under a pricking and over a corkboard more easily than under a pricking that's on a pillow.<<< I find it pretty easy to slip wax paper under the unused portion of the pricking. And you can always just include the wax paper under the pattern when you mount the pattern on the pillow. What harm is there if the wax paper stays there? >>>The covering fabric and the pillow itself (especially those made from different foams) take enough "beating" from having the the pins stuck in and pulled out during lacemaking; it's unkind to treat them as pricking boards in addition to that :)<<< But the pin goes exactly into the hole made by the pricker--the pattern hole is exactly aligned with the pricker-made hole in the foam, so that's no wear. R - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
