Hi Janice,
There is a way to do it without tying knots or weaving back in. I have a
hard time describing things as I am more of a visual learner, but I will
try. I was taught this by a lace teacher from Quebec and I think she got
it from one of Ulrike Lohr's books.
At a point about 15-20 passes (of the worker) before the end of the lace,
unwind the passive bobbins either on one side of the work or alternate from
side to side (in your case 10 bobbins), and fold the thread back on itself
to create a loop which will end beyond where the piece of lace will
join. You need a long enough loop to get to where the lace is being joined
plus enough to wind on the bobbin and the leash. Wind the loop onto your
bobbin as you would a single thread, leaving the end of the thread above
the work to be pulled later. Continue to work the lace to the join. When
the workers from either side meet, undo the loops on your passive bobbins,
pass the passive bobbin coming from the other side through the loop and
gently pull the loop (using the thread end left earlier) back into the work
to about halfway back to where the thread end comes out of the work. You
can then snip both thread ends very close to the work. The join will be
less bulky if you alternate from side to side the looped passive threads
. You can use the same method with the workers as well, though you can
loop them much closer to the end of the work (one or two passes might be
enough).
I hope this is clear enough and I haven't left anything out. It has been
quite a while since I did it myself. If you are having trouble picturing
this and need more help, email me privately, and I can telephone you (I'm
in Wisconsin) and talk you through it.
Good luck if you chose to try this,
Cindy
At 04:08 PM 11/17/2007, you wrote:
I need to ask a question about finishing a piece of Bedfordshire lace. I
am coming around a circle from both directions and have the two ends to
join together. At that point I will have 10 passive pairs and two sets of
workers to deal with.
Janice
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