On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Alice Howell <lacel...@verizon.net> wrote:
> .........The color of thread usually used and the color of the pillow are > not related. I didn't enjoy using black thread on a dark covered pillow. I don't think I'm alone in liking blue background to white thread in the bobbin area of the pillow - it is easier for me to see what I need to, under most lighting. A blue or other solid background is easier to notice lint and cat hair (so it can be removed before it gets into the lace, if that sort of thing is troublesome); a busy background could add to the confusion of trying to learn a lace, or it makes things more visually exciting - it depends on the user. The 'traditional' French roller pillows have the rollers set in cheerfully patterned aprons; and bolsters from, for instance, Eastern Europe are sold in patterned fabric. The threads will lie on the pricking and then on the work cloth that's under > the bobbins. Some lacemakers don't use a work cloth under the bobbins; some use coloured print work cloths under the bobbins; some use white work cloths under white thread - as you say, we make lace for fun, so the tools and materials aren't absolutes. The color of pricking needs to contrast with the threads. The material of > the pillow will only be seen on the top and upper sides where the excess > bobbins are stacked. > > The colour of the pricking 'should' contrast - I am so near-sighted that I tend to work white thread on white prickings; I don't notice the background for that part. But I do like a dark blue pillow top. It is great we can choose whatever suits us! I have even met a favourite pillow covered in black velvet. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
