Been there...done that. In a complicated lace piece, when I come up with an extra pair of bobbins, I don't want to spend a lot of time undoing things. A few stitches...OK, but not lots. I just throw back the most expendable two threads and just keep going. Sooner or later, I'll come to a place where I am short a pair. Depending on the situation, I either hang in a new pair to make up the shortage, or take the two thrown-back threads and just lay them into place, then keep working. Trim off the extra thread loops afterwards. The thrown-out threads may or may not be tied. It depends on the lace and how tightly they were woven in before throwing out.
Alice in Oregon..where we expect 80+ degrees the for next two days, then cool again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David C COLLYER" <dccoll...@ncable.net.au> This piece is very fine and sometimes the dots are virtually on top of each other. I was in the middle of a large open area of plain point ground when suddenly I realized I had an extra pair of bobbins. So what do I do??? They HAVE to go! Just interested to know if any of you have a better way to solve this problem. Of course it does always leave you wondering if you are short a pair somewhere else - sometimes yes, and sometimes no. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
