Clay,
However, I have found that in Binche, when I have long stretches of
half-stitch, punctuated by gimps, the more pressing need is to be
certain that the same bobbin is leading through all of this, so that
giant holes don't appear when tensioning "downstream", so to
speak. In cases like this, I may even add two twists.
I fully agree with all you wrote. However, if you imagine a large
leaf with a gimp or pair of gimps acting as the vein, it is a passive
pair passing from one side to the other, so the leading bobbin is
unaffected. It is this passive pair which I am wondering was given a
twist as it passed through the gimp.
Actually I've found it doesn't make a whole lot of difference, except
that I reckon the work just looks better if I don't twist it. That
way both threads in the passive pair will keep going in their
original direction. There are no great holes because of the gimp and
the leading bobbin going round a pin.
Gosh it's far easier just to DO it than try and talk about it in mere words!!
:)
David in Ballarat, AUS
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