There are two situations in which I sometimes have broken threads. The first is when I go from working in a heavy thread back to the very fine threads of Binche or Tonder. It often takes me a broken thread to ease up on the heavy hand. The other situation is when there is a change in seasons. When it gets cold enough to turn the heat on, the air gets drier, and the threads get more fragile. For some reason, I also have some trouble when we go from no heat (balmy spring days...) to the heat of the summer and air conditioning - hmmm... just figured it out... another dehumidifying modern marvel.
Clay -- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Malvary J Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sometimes it is a question of the thread being too dry. Depends on where it > has been stored. I remember my first Honiton course where someone's thread > kept breaking. She was asked to fetch her facecloth, wetted and wrung out > as dry as she could, then lay it over her work. She then went for a walk > around the garden. When she came back to continue working she had no more > broken threads. > > Malvary in Ottawa, Canada > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
