Hello Jenny
For a first time lacemaker, self taught too, it looks pretty good.
As Sue said the problem of lace curling was discussed a few weeks ago, and I was pretty sure that it's all to do with the spin of the threads getting unbalanced by the fact that half stitch has twice as many twists (right over left) as it has crosses (left over right) and I have posted an article about it on my website:
http://tinyurl.com/5cz9v
However, I am not now totally convinced as I made a snake with "mirror image half stitch" using the same silk thread that curled so badly with regular half stitch and it too curled, but in the opposite direction! so maybe it is just to do with unbalancing the threads regardless of their spin direction.
PS. for those of you who in the past have had trouble with long URLs that I've posted I remembered to make it tiny this time!
Brenda
On 11 Mar 2005, at 11:10, Jenny Brandis wrote:
I know this will be the only time I every approach bobbin lace as a virgin lacer so I have to show and tell you all just how it went last night.
Please check out http://www.brandis.com.au/craft/firstever.html
My one question is probably a tension thing but can anyone tell me why my lace (can I call it that?) curls when I took the pins out? It had a distinct curl with top left corner almost 360 degrees to the right. Maybe I need to roll it or flatten it somehow? Did not ask my teacher as I took it off the pillow after I got home.
Jenny Brandis the Kununurra Kid with a new toy
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