On 08/10/2011 14:26, Jenny De Angelis wrote:
Doris wrote in response to the wooden Implement question:-
<<A picture in the Shire album of needlework tools has a rosewood tool
which looks at first glance like a needle case, similar to your
pictured tool. But it is a holder for a styptic pencil "these are
quite frequently found in workboxes". I don't do needlelace, but if I
attempted it, I could use a handy styptic pencil!
From Doris >>
I have a tip, which others might know already, for removing blood from
lace when you have pricked your finger while working.
Take a piece of the same thread you are using for the lace, make a
small ball of it, about the size of a large pea. Put the ball in your
mouth and soak it with saliva. Now use that ball of wet thread to dab
the blood off the lace.
This should be done as soon as possible and the saliva must be from
the person whose blood it is on the lace. Something to do with a
person's enzymes I think, but am not sure. All I know is that it
works every time for me . I have never tried this method on
Synthetic threads but it could work as well on those as it does on
natural fibres.
This does work.... I've done it on the odd occasion that I've pricked my
finger when hand sewing on wedding dresses..... good luck for the bride
too (said tongue in cheek) but using your own saliva the blood just
melts away :-) ... and I always put a small blue lace motif on the
lining of any wedding dress I make.....
Celia - Plumstead SE London
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