And I found that my carefully pricked holes closed up in the plastic cover.
Cynthia On Jun 8, 2015, at 4:47 PM, Alex Stillwell <alexstillw...@talktalk.net> wrote: > Hi Beth > > Re: Copying a brown pattern-clear contact paper - I still prefer to prick my > patterns the traditional way ... > > It is good to see some lacemakers are continuing to make good prickings, as > you say, you learn a lot about the pattern by doing so. I can understand why > needle lacemakers use plastic covering on their patterns, they need it to > prevent their needles from getting caught on the paper, but am puzzled why so > many continue to use it on bobbin lace prickings. When access to photocopying > first became cheap enough for lace teachers to use for passing on patterns to > students coloured paper was not an option, also the print would easily smudge. > Hence we used plastic to seal the print and the colour the background when > using white thread. Now that coloured paper is easily accessible and print > does not come off it is no longer necessary. Using plastic makes it harder to > prick patterns, harder to insert pins and can result in sticky pins. So, why > use it ? > > Happy lacemaking > > Alex > > - > 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
