I came home from England and my letter from Montreal was there waiting for me. I got into my first choice which was the colored flowers in point ground with Ulrike Voelker. I have a few questions. There are 3 prickings enclosed marked level 1, level 2 and level 3, depending on your expertise. None are named on the sheets but in the written instructions is says if you work Fuschia or Arum you need picot pins size 0,85mm-1mm. I looked on the vanSciver website and did not see this size listed, any idea where I might find them? The other pins are Insect pins and fine pins 0,5mm-0,55mm. Do you think my brass buckspoint pins will be okay? I think level 3 is Fuschia but I do not see any obvious places for picots. If anyone has the new Stil Bluten book could you see if these designs are in there and, if so, are there any picots. I also wonder whether the other pricking, level 2, is Arum, it looks like a paisley shape with petals. The level 1 pricking is an edging with a four petal flower which does have picots. There are 2 copies of each pricking, one green and one white and as she suggested covering with blue film, I imagine we use the white copy for that. We are also expected to get started with the ground before we arrive so that we can spend more time on the actual design. It says not to care about the footside as this will be covered by the passe par tout later. I know the term but have forgotten what passe par tout means. Are there any other Arachne in this workshop to keep me company? Janice
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