Noelene wrote: >Another "incidental" - does anyone else have the same problem? > if I work in linen, I find I have to put the half hitch around the > notch at the top of the bobbin, then the linen thread can be > easily released. But if I do this in cotton, the thread is > continually slipping off, and I find I have to put the half hitch > on top of the wound thread itself.
While I'm sure Noelene knows this bit of information, newbies may not: If you're using a "single head" bobbin - (most continentals are like this) then you have to put your hitch in the same part of the bobbin that the thread is wound on. So the hitch needs to be a single hitch, in order for it not to dig into the wound thread and become hopelessly tangled. However, when you're using a double-headed bobbin (most midlands are like this), you but the hitch on the top head, and you use a double hitch which makes the threads behave better. I have found that I can have the best of both worlds (continental bobbins and a double hitch) if I wind my thread so that there is about a quarter-inch gap between the thread and the head. That way, I can use a double hitch and they rarely jump off. Clay ----- Original Message ----- From: "W & N Lafferty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 4:51 PM Subject: [lace] Climbing up > Welcome to all our new members, your "newbie" questions > are great. > > Somewhere in the depths of my addled brain I recall when > discussing this topic before, someone mentioned that if you > use too large a needle in your pricker, that your lace will > ride up the pins? Is this right? > > I used to have this trouble, but not recently. But a friend > of mine has just finished a wide edging which seemed to want > to climb right up to the top of her pins, and we really can't > figure out why. Flat pillow, side angled pins (maybe not > angled enough, but the work really did want to fly up > like never before with same pillow and pinning method) > > Another "incidental" - does anyone else have the same problem? > if I work in linen, I find I have to put the half hitch around the > notch at the top of the bobbin, then the linen thread can be > easily released. But if I do this in cotton, the thread is > continually slipping off, and I find I have to put the half hitch > on top of the wound thread itself. > > Noelene in fogged-out Cooma, like pea soup! Winter is > fast approaching - absolutely glorious days, trees ablaze > with colour, sharp cold nights. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
