On Dec 7, 2007, at 21:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Helen) wrote:
I find myself pondering on what aspect of bobbin lace people dislike the most.
1) Drawing the pricking with "proper" pin-placement. I tell myself that irregularity only adds to the charm but the obsessive part of me keeps saying it ain't so. And I'm too 'puter-illiterate to do it that way (besides, the disorganised part of me finds 'puter-generated prickings "dead" and boring) 2) 3) Pre-pricking. But, if I don't do it, the lace ends up being too disorganised even for my taste. 3) Winding bobbins. Since I usually make small pieces, it's hardly ever worth it to pull out the winder. Winding 10-20 pairs with 12" of thread each is a pain in the psyche :) Even worse is finding that the thread I wound is just a wee bit too fine or to coarse for the pricking. 4) Finding that, although I was certain I knew precisely how to proceed, the lace I'm making doesn't conform to the idea which lives in my mind's eye. I've learnt to make samples before I hit the main project which takes care of some of the problem but means that I wind even more bobbins than I would have otherwise. OTOH, when I think I know how to proceed and it actually does work out that way... Christmas every time :) 5) Finishing, especially if the end has to be joined to the beginning and "het lassen" is not an option. 6) Mounting. Whether appliqueing or sewing just one edge makes no difference; I have two left hands when I sew and can make the prettiest lace look hideous.
Don't mind talllies (find them boring to make but worth while for the look) and absolutely don't mind sewings. While any of the 6 above -- what I think of a "preipherals" to lacemaking -- can send me into avoidance deep enough to do housework instead, once I'm working on the pillow, there's nothing I dislike, even if I get bored by some things (repetitive actions) to the point where each ends up looking different.
Yours, still too drugged up (after an unexpected appendectomy, which took 26hrs out of my life) to think about pillow work
-- Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
