Jacquie wrote: >The other thing to consider when working on a roller is the length of the >pattern repeat. Because of the curve of the roller, the optimum sweet spot >to work on is usually only about 2 inches maximum. If you are doing a >wider edging with a longer repeat you will find you have to keep dodging about > >catching up one bit to the next rather than being able to work as far as >possible on a diagonal line (a bit like doing a garter where you have to keep > both sides going at the same time, to do the ribbon slot join in the >centre). >
And someone else wrote that she had not used a roller pillow until relatively recently. I know the old pillows, Le Puy, for sure, were roller pillows. As I understand it, block pillows are a recent invention. There is also, of course, the German and Eastern Europe, i.e. Idrija, bolster pillow, but I don't think that was used in England as a rule. Of course, I am more than willing to be re-educated on this. My real question is, what was done by the laceworkers in the industry to surmount these problems? I can't see using a cookie pillow for continuous, wide, fine lace. Moving it has to be quite a chore, and would eat into the time that could be spent making lace, and thus making money. Nowadays, of course, if you're not making a relatively narrow edging, a block pillow should do the job, but are there any other solutions to this problem? Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, where the rainy weather can stop already. It's getting depressing. The weatherman is expecting SIX FEET OF RAIN for the year. For crying out loud, this is not winter, it's an extended rainy fall. And summer, and spring. - 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
