Perfect! This is my system as well! My own addition to this is a pin that indicates a temporary pin! I use insect pins for this, and paint their tops with a touch of ail polish!
However you learn this, it is a crucial technique for advanced laces! Sent from my iPad > On Feb 4, 2017, at 3:33 PM, "lacel...@frontier.com" <lacel...@frontier.com> > wrote: > > Back in my beginning days, a teacher told me to use temporary support pins > any time it helped me out. I use them a lot. I tend to use the long > yellow-headed pins as temporary pins so they stand up among the gaggle of > pins on the pillow, and I pull them out when they are 3-4 rows back. They > don't stay in long enough for the pinhole to get set. If I intend to leave > the extra pin in, I'll use a normal pin. The pins are just there to control > and herd the threads into position. When you have a cantankerous thread, you > have to give it extra help. When a thread changes direction, a pin is most > helpful in keeping everything in order. > > Alice in Oregon (where winter keeps going on -- freezing rain yesterday and > snow tomorrow) > > - > 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/
