Lately I tend to make wire lace. It needs few pins and is easy to repin so a miniature pillow is enough. So I wrapped a fleece shawl and placed it in a food container, pinned wire lace on it and arranged it as shown on http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/hang-EN.html Imagine how all that metal looks on an x-ray image scanner... I had to open up and explain but otherwise no problem.
The pillow can actualy be smaller than the pattern. To have a larger working space, I pin a 'skirt' on the pillow. A kind of semi-circular cover cloth padded with undercarpet. There is always something at hand to put as extra padding under the 'skirt', another sjawl, gloves... Jo - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
