David, You have enough pattern hanging off the back of the roller to reach back, match up the top and bottom sections of the pricking and hold the two together when you are ready to roll up your work. Pull firmly in place and pin the next inch or two of the pricking (depending on your roller size. By lining up the pricking every time, it will stay straight.
My pattern freguently 'travel' a bit on a roller but I've never found it a problem. Just tweak the next section back the way you want it to go and pin. Narrow patterns can be tweaked easily. A very wide pattern could need the full 'remove lace and reset pattern' procedure. It's a nuisance but only takes ten minutes. Unpinning and repinning goes faster than one would guess. Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon ... off to lace meeting today. ----- Original Message ----- I am currently working on a long length of fairly wide Toender lace which is to be exhibited later this year in the Geelong annual scarf show. Now I hadn't used a roller pillow in years and had to resort to my very tatty 1903 Princess Pillow, which I've always hated. So far it's doing the job well (about 3" completed in 2 days). But I can foresee a problem. The repeat of the pricking itself was too long to wrap round the roller, so I have joined about 4 A4 pages length together and this is currently hanging out the back of the pillow. My question is: how can I guarantee that the pricking will remain in a straight line??? I can envisage it oh so slowly wandering over to one side. Any helpful hints greatly appreciated. David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
