Ah Weronika,
You are not confused, you are enthused!
Now, half stitch will mind itself. First of all, there is a single thread that goes
across the row in half stitch. All the twists above are locked into place. The only
horror that can happen is with the twists below the single thread. To fix any lost
twists, examine the row of twists above the single threads. I always imagine them as
a row of horseback riders with their legs over the single thread. The twists above
the single thread are offset from the twists below the single thread like the
alternation of a checkerboard.
X X X X X
--------------------------
X X X X
Once you see the pattern, you can fix it, should anything go awry.
Patty
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Ah, I confused the worker with the passives in there. I meant the
passives. Especially in half stitch "tapes" (I really have no idea how
to describe stuff correctly...), where the passives don't just hang
straight from their initial pins, but go at an angle and sometimes
change into workers... Well, I expect I'll figure it out somehow if I
ever get a bolster (first I'll have to graduate, since such a big pillow
probably wouldn't even fit in my room <g>).
Weronika
On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 04:44:42PM -0700, Patricia Dowden wrote:
> Weronika wrote:
>
> I can see how cross-and-pin helps, but what if you're for example making
> tape, or just a piece in a Torchon pattern that doesn't have pins
> wherever two pairs meet? It seems like in this case if you let the
> workers go off the sides, all of the correct tensioning will be lost...
>
> I think I'll enjoy trying to change patterns from CT to TC or back - I'm
> like Tamara, I really like figuring out how everything works.
>
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>
> Well, yes, I can see you are very analytical.
>
> Cloth stitch is pinned at the sides. Ground stitches are pinned at each junction.
> Essentially, threads are pinned where they change direction. In cloth stitch, the
> weavers are the only threads that change direction and so they are the only ones
> that get pinned. The passives are pinned where you hang them in because the passive
> pair is changing direction around the pin. One half of the pair goes up to the pin
> and one half of the pair hangs down from the pin. Everything gets more complicated
> after that, but you have to start somewhere.
>
> The weaver won't necessarily lose its tension if the pair hangs down off a bolster
> pillow because the pair is pulling against the pin which should not allow it wander
> off. In any case tensioning is a progressive action. You keep tensioning after
> every stitch until everything is how you want it. It's a constant process of
> adjustment.
>
> The passives are tensioned every row. But the tensioning in the current row also
> "sets" the tensioning in the previous row. While the current row may relax a bit,
> the next row will snug it up. It's a cummulative process. You tension and tension
> and tension again, until you get the lace exactly the way you want it.
>
>
> Tensioning is more of a process than an event.
>
> Patty
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