I do it this way too - with a slight modification because I found the
resulting, joined trail too thick. I gradually throw out every
second bobbin in each trail. That way, when you 'pull the loop'
there's space for each thread and you end up with trails of the
original thickness.
On 17 Nov 2007, at 21:13, Cindy Rusak wrote:
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).
Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
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