Hi Sue, Beth and everyone This *does* work and your bobbin mess isn't so bad after all - even with heaps of bobbins. When the pillow is upside down, swing it a bit to free all the bobbins, then tilt in the direction of your work so that the bobbins are facing in the usual direction. Depending on the pattern - try lifting one bobbin or another until they are free and where they should be - and/or use a divider pin or fine knitting needle to trace where they are coming from at the finished edge of the lace. It is actually quite soothing to do. I have had to do this a few times, once at a lace meeting for someone else's pillow.
Maybe David will remind us of his tale of woe and the Chantilly project....? On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Sue <2harv...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > I was told when that happened to keep the pillow upside down and give it a > gentle shake before turning it up the right way as this releases a lot of > the threads that are tangled up among the pins. It really does work and > saves a lot of time. > > -- 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
