That is my immediate plan:-) Hopefully it will be good enough. this one is
one of a set of 4 for my sister. If this first one is too bad I will just
make a complete new set of 4. Obviously now I am past half way it is going
well, just this is a rarely used ground.
What I do find is if they are put away for a week or two then you can see
how bad, or not they really are. I have been prepared to discard several
pieces over the summer but when left there is only one I haven't wanted to
use for its original purpose. I know a small mistake makes it slightly
unique and genuinly hand made, I just dont like to give it away if it is
always in my face.
Thanks for you input Karen.
Sue T
Sue T said:
"I did made a mistake on
this first one, I have missed a link in and out of one side of a piece of
triangle ground and am very cross about that."
Karen from Malta's reply to that is:
"If we don't make at least one mistake in our lace work, how will anyone
realise that it is genuinely handmade?" :-)))
I know, I feel the same about mistakes - I hate them. But if you really
feel
so bad about them, when the lace is finished you can always "sort them
out"
with a needle and thread....
Karen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
sue
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:39 AM
To: Arachne
Subject: Fw: [lace] Is Lace quiet?
I agree with the other ladies that life has got in the way recently. Loft
clearance and insulation taking up valuable lace making time:-) Urgent
dental help and trying to sort out long term tongue ulcers!!!!
Alice I hope you pretty blue cast is keeping your arm comfortable while it
heals.
Christmas around the corner, daughters visit preparation (looking forward
to
that).
But happily I am still managing to make some lace during the evenings,
sometimes with way too much help from the cat. (He wants to sleep on my
lap
which means my table complete with pillow has to be lifted flat above him
which is not the best angle for lacemaking and slows it down. Sometimes
we
compromise, <g>
On a side note I have recently managed to spend many hours working on
ideas
(some expansion of ideas given by some of you ladies) for anniversary lace
and have 2/3 of the first strip made for a napkin. I did made a mistake
on
this first one, I have missed a link in and out of one side of a piece of
triangle ground and am very cross about that.
I made up the pattern I am using ideas from two different pieces of lace
and
using my slowly progressing design skills and program. (A cautionary
note).
I am now using Vista on this new computer and it wont let me change the
colours on the layers of the program and one or two things I would like to
do. In the last 18 months I have managed so much better thanks to Ruth,
:-)
Well now I have to complete my card writing as well, I am a little behind
with that tast.
Enjoy what ever lace you do manage to make all of you.
Sue T Dorset UK where the sun has come out to play for now
Yes, it's been quiet. Since I broke my wrist and
can't make lace, I search for Lace messages for my
lace 'fix'----but find very little. It's a bit early
for the usually holiday slowdown.
Someone start a thread that will stimulate comments.
Alice in Oregon -- onehanded. Have plate and 9 pins
in my wrist, and a pretty blue cast.
I have not had a digest since Saturday, lace-digest
V2007 #270 so I was wondering if lace was very quiet
with the holiday season on us. I checked the
archives and saw some messages about Buckspoint that
I have not received yet, but when I looked down the
list to find about my Beds question I saw some of
the answers I received but not my actual question.
Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago,
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