I should have said ... a cloth stitch edge passive that never sees a pin nor a twist.
A twist in the threads would anchor it. I was thinking about a pair that had no twists and no pins...just running straight through the whole works. With nothing to really hold it in place, it's easy to pull it too hard and gathered up the completed lace. If a person were planning to gather the lace onto something, then a straight edge passive pair would make a perfect gathering string. I solved my problem of straight passives by switching threads once a repeat... doing a change stitch with the worker pair on one row, and switching back with the change stitch on the next row. This anchors the threads really well. The passives can only pull as far back as the change stitch. Doing this once a repeat, within the pin area, prevents any gathering of the edge. I often put in extra, temporary, pins at the change stitches to help hold the correct thread pathways. (The next project will have a twist between rows on the passives so I don't have this problem.) Alice in Oregon ----- Original Message ----- > I would suggest, however, that you chose a pattern that does *not* have a cloth stitch edge passive that never sees a pin. I'm actually working with such a type of pattern and having no trouble at all. The cloth edge passive sees one just twist per repeat and I'm reusing pins after about three repeats. The thread is linnen so not very slippery. Jo - - 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
