Hello Bev,
So you have to darn the ends in as well as do a sewing? Ooops! Oh well never mind it is my first attempt at a square so I guess that is ok. I am preparing to start another square so maybe that one will go better. There are 35 pairs. Is there a quick way of loading the bobbins. I do have a bobbin winder but as there is not a lot of thread to go on the bobbins in the first place I dont know if it would make it any faster than doing it by hand. Will it? As to the missed joins in my piece that would be good if I could fix some of that. Thanks very much for your advice. Nancy > From: b...@capuchin.co.uk > To: nancy.nichol...@hotmail.co.uk; lace@arachne.com > Subject: Re: [lace] ends > Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:27:02 +0100 > > Hello Nancy > > Yes, a sewing is the correct way to join the two ends, and knotting them after > the sewing is usually a good idea. If you're going to darn in the ends, cut > the pairs off leaving a nice, long end to thread into your darning needle - > you only need to darn in about half an inch (maybe less on a fine-thread lace > - I often only do about a quarter-inch). > > If you intend to glue the knots to save the hassle of darning in the ends > (some of us are nowhere near as neat with a sewing needle as we are with our > bobbins...), cut the threads as close to the knots as you dare! > > I'm not sure how well glue would hold/look for the missed joins in the work - > If there are several adjacent pinholes with missed joins it would probably > look better to either oversew the edges together or (the traditional way to > join two pieces of lace) pin the sections to be joined back onto your pillow > and use a pair of bobbins to work sewings between them. I'm not sure I can > manage to describe how to do this in words alone - a diagram would be much > easier to follow - can anyone else explain how to do it? > > Beth > in a rainy Cheshire, NW England - my garden is getting a much needed drink > today (but I will probably have to go slug-hunting tonight, or all my > seedlings will have disappeared by tomorrow) > > > > Nancy wrote: > > Talking about glue, darning and knots! The square that I did recently I > > did a 'sewing' to join the pieces together at the end. Was that the right > > thing to do or should I have done something different? I then did a couple > > of knots to be on the safe side. How close could I have then cut the knot? > > Obviously not glue but darning and if so, how? Can I use glue to join > > pieces of the lace together that should have been together in the pattern > > but somehow or other arent? There are a couple of places in my square > > where I could see that it should have joined on to another bit but is just > > hanging loose! > > > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachnemodera...@yahoo.com _________________________________________________________________ View your Twitter and Flickr updates from one place Learn more! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
