Christine Springett teaches picots as follows:
- picot on the left: twist pair 5x - lay outer bobbin loosely around pin
in a clockwise direction and put back in outer position - lay inner
bobbin clockwise around the pin and return to inner position - twist 2x
- now gently pull up both threads at the same time and they should twist
inside each other
- picot on right side - do everything the same, but lay bobbins around
pin in anti-clockwise direction
- double picot (i.e. one on either side of plait): do either the left or
right picot first - cross then twist all threads - do the second picot
Works a treat.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
Could anyone please pass on any tips they may have when making Bedfordshire
lace?
I have begun teaching myself, with the help of some friends and some excellent
books, but I am having a bit of a problem with plaits and picots, in that when
I do a single picot, I sometimes get a little hole under the pin. I think I
may be pulling a thread or two too tightly, as it does not always happen. Is
there a simple way of avoiding this, please?
Thank you in advance!
Dee Palin
Warwickshire
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