This is a hot tip for using variegated thread (first some preamble) It depends on the effect the lacemaker likes, doesn't it?
> but so long as you avoid half stitch, Or meet it head on ;) After some thought, what Brenda does with thread and lace inspired me about the core of the matter - via thread wraps: So, hot tip for using variegated thread - wrap the thread around various widths of card to test the limits of the colour sequence. That will give an idea of the colour behaviour in a cloth stitch area, if using the variegated as weavers, and will also show whether or not the sequence is a repeat or at random. Get to know the thread and it will work for you :D As to colour choice in the variegateds - entirely up to the lacemaker ;) On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 1:29 AM, Brenda Paternoster < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think Steff has hit the nail on the head here. I don't often use > variegated thread but if I do I choose subtle changes of colour. > > On the whole though, I prefer using solid colours. Often lots of them in > the same piece, there is so much more control over which colours to choose > and how it will work out. > >> >> All the pieces that people are pleased with use a variegated thread with a >> small range of colour variation - shades of one colour, or two adjacent >> colours on the colour wheel. >> >> -- Bev (near Sooke, BC on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
