On Aug 14, 2008, at 11:16, Wendy Davies wrote:
I am working on a Milanese butterfly and working around the tip of the
wings
the instructions say to do a Pivot Turn on there and what I was
wanting to
know is there a limit of how many times you can go around the pin at
the Pivot
point. I have worked out that I will need to go around about 9 times.
As far as I know, there's no "rule" about how many times you can re-use
the same pivot pin; you use it as many times as you need to, so 9
should be fine.
The only reason (that I can think of) that you might want to limit that
number is visual; the more times the worker pair goes to the same pin,
the larger the resulting hole (because the inner - pivot -- pair gets
longer, as more worker passes wrap around it). Sometimes, that's
desirable; sometimes, it's not. In all cases, make sure that you
tension your worker and your pivot passive *well* with every pass of
the worker. And, when you're finished, give the pivot passive an extra
tug, to push the worker wraps closer together.
There are many ways of going around a curve - Milanese seems to "like"
the scroll method -- and, sometimes, they can be combined to achieve
the visual effect you're aiming at.
I highly recommend Bridget Cook's "Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace";
even though it has no patterns, it's full of tips -- well illustrated
with thread-by-thread diagrams -- on how to tackle different problems
(including curves and corners and angles), not necessarily tied to any
particular style of lace. It's the best single book investment I have
ever made and I still consult it with some regularity (and keep adding
tech tips to it, as they come up either on Arachne or in other books)
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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