>>>From: Karen Butler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Similarly, the inexpensive polystyrene pillow I bought to try Honiton developed a hole in the centre. It is still usable, with pieces of green baize packing the hole, but as I've since bought a traditional Honiton pillow, it is only used occasionally.<<<
This is from re-using the *area* instead of re-using the *holes*. When you prick on the pillow, the pin goes into the same hole. When you do a series of motifs on the same portion of a pillow, you're putting pins into *approximately* the same place, which damages the area around the last set of pinholes. Do that often enough, and you've got overlapping pinholes. But if you prick on the pillow and *leave the pattern there* to work, you're using the same pinholes, not putting pins *next to* former pinholes. That's why it's not more wear to the pillow. >>>Incidentally, if you prick vertically on a pillow, and pins are angled back (and to the side at edges), the holes made in the pillow by pricking would not conform with the subsequet pin hole.<<< Why would you prick differently than your intended pin-directions? I prick the edges outward and the pins slide right into the slots I made with the pricker. Robin P. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
