From: Leonard Bazar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I generally work with the footside on the right, > certainly for Bucks point, but with it on the left for > early forays into Flandern and point de Paris. I > think there can be a practical difference in working > the different ways, though I'm not sure whether it > really matters. I've virtually always ended up with > the main angle of work top right to bottom left, > whichever side the footside was on.
I nearly always work with footside (when present) on the left. It just looks so awkward the other way around. This is a bit ironic, since left-side picots are a whole lot easier for me, but then I don't like picots anyway. As for an angle of work, it really depends on the pattern for me. On my one try at wide and complex Skan (which has no pins except at the edges), I always made a mad dash for the footside (on the left) so I could anchor the thread. This meant the edge of the worked area was upper-right to lower-left. On torchon and Bucks, I often work in a chevron or even zig-zag edge as I work an area as far as it can go, then move to another area and work it. I like to complete motifs/sections whenever possible, and this leads to a front edge that progresses in bits and pieces. There have even been occasions when I worked from the footside down/right to the headside because that's the way I could understand the pattern. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
