Hi I have always used Alice's method to make my picots. I really struggled to make the threads 'snap' together when I first started Bucks Point, and this method was suggested to me by Pam Nottingham. It was supposed to be until I got the hang of it but I never changed back!
Regards Angela On 15 Aug 2011, at 12:11, "Sue" <hurwitz...@btinternet.com> wrote: > That is the type I do, but have never heard of putting the pin away from the > pattern. I will definately have to try this. the way I learned and have > been working is as you describe except straight into the pinhole > > I have worked 3 small strips and managed to get one long loop on one of them > and 2 on another which is really annoying. I think the spray of starch has > helped reduce the impact of one of them. > Sue T > Dorset UK > >> This picot has two threads twisted, then the bottom thread is pinned in >> place with pin in fingers, but the top thread is flipped around the pin. The >> cure to not catching a second pin when 'flipping' is simple. When looping >> the first pin, pin it an inch outside your pattern. Flip the second thread >> around (no other pins near it). Then carefully lift the pin with the >> threads around it and move it gently into it's proper place. Keep the >> tension mild until final pinning, then tension the threads, make the final >> twist(s). Wow!! Perfect picot and NO extra pins. >> Does this help? >> >> Alice in Oregon -- where we went to the coast for lunch today with the >> church's Lunch Bunch. Blue sky, no wind, no rain. Beautiful! >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sue" <hurwitz...@btinternet.com> >> I have just made a third small strip of lace with picots around the outside >> edge, each one getting tidier than the last of course. I dont do them very >> often but I have found that on the first strip I have caught one of the loops >> over two pins instead of one, closer to the end than the beginning of the >> lace. > > - > 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 - 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
