Hi Lyn and everyone I've done several lots of yardage, the latest was 3 yards + of Torchon to go complement a large Torchon square I rather liked. The intention is to put the square on a cushion with the yardage round the outside, gathering the lace at the corners. I've got the fabric, all I need now is the time to put it all together...
I think that the trick with yardage is to have something more challenging to do alongside it. I found that if I only had an hour so so to spare I could do an inch or so of the edging, when I wouldn't have time to do anything else. I certainly can't do lace very quickly even though I've been making lace on and off since 1985, and I've also wondered whether there was any way to get quicker. There were several times that I stopped the edging for a few weeks when I got bored with it (something the old lacemakers could never have considered) especially when I got to round about the midpoint. But surprisingly I got a second wind when I got near the end and the last 2 feet or so were much easier. Putting marker pins in where I started and stopped helped. I suffer problems with my back and I need to get up and have a stretch every hour or so, I have to prop myself up with cushions to get comfortable. I used to be able to make lace with my pillow on my lap, but my back won't let me any more unless I put my feet up on a coffee table with a cushion on my lap under the lace pillow and an extra cushion behind my back. Lyn, I hope you get your yardage done in time. I'm getting on with my Bucks Point project, I've got past the undoing everything at least twice stage and am beginning to think I'm enjoying myself. Alison in Colchester, Essex, UK where the weather is dull, but warm and it's actually warmer outside than indoors. - 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
