Hello Lynn
The only way to learn how to make good leaves/petals is to get stuck in
and make them, lots of them. They will improve with practice.
Yes, you do use four threads for each petal, three are passives and the
4th is a weaver. As Tamara has already said *iron control* over the
tension is the crucial part. Do *not* tension the weaver without also
tensioning the outer two passives.
Everyone's hands are different and there are various ways of holding
the three passives; between the knuckles palm up. between the knuckles
palm down or flat on the pillow. Or the CCT method Tamara described.
My preferred way is flat on the pillow.
I'm right handed so the weaver which needs a long leash is held in my
right hand and the three passives have fairly short leashes so that I
can spread ands tension them with the left hand. I start with a cloth
stitch, (CTC) then twist the right hand pair and the outside right
bobbin becomes the weaver. With loose tension, and without letting go
of the weaver (no changing hands!) I move the weaver:
over, under, over, to the left
under, over, under, to the right
hold the passives down firmly and then tension the weaver.
For the 'under' movements keep the weaver in the right hand and lift
the appropriate passive.
Repeat for as many times as is necessary, tensioning each time the
weaver comes to the right hand side
At the end of the leaf twist the left hand pair (the right hand pair is
effectively already twisted and finish with a cloth stitch (CTC) or
cloth & twist (CTCT) as required.
It's the combination of tensions on the weaver and on the passives that
creates the petal/leaf shape and it takes *practice*. I wasn't aware
of how I tension until DH asked once what I was flicking the bobbins
for. Turns out that each time I tension the weaver I give it a double
jerk!
That's my way of doing it, but in the end whichever way of handling the
bobbins works for you is the will be the right way for you.
Brenda
On 30 May 2005, at 01:06, Lynn Weasenforth wrote:
I am now attempting petals, my petals look like twigs.
<GGG> Any suggestions? Do I use four threads or more. hmmmm. What a
problem.
Brenda
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