[...] it wasn't broken threads- every time she came to a tiny "slub" in the linen, she'd cut the thread and start a new one so that there weren't any irregularities in the finished piece!
Thus making the lace perfect but bland, and washed off any "personality" which it would have otherwise... Like processed cheese... Pshaw!
Re Patricia's broken threads (in the original query). I've not worked with Madeira 30, but Madeira 50 is my cotton thread of choice (for range of colours and handling) and the *one* time I have had trouble with it was also a light green spool... I'd be willing to bet it was the same shade that both you and Steph had problems with :) Can't remember which one it was now (I have two light green shades, each slightly different), though, unlike Steph, I've not pitched it into the trash. Either I've never had the need for it since, or else I've learnt to cope with it.
Started on a plaited wire (with leaf tallies) ornament today (for publication in the IOLI Bulletin in the Fall); there'll be a total of 11 of the little suckers (should have been 19, but I decided not to push my luck, and "came back" with plaits <g>), and 7 of them are made already. 3 of them even look acceptable, and I'm beginning to develop a rhythm... Spring must be here (despite the thermometer readings) at last. Of course, there's no telling what'll happen to my metallic *thread* tallies when I get around to testing *that* version... :)
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