I use support pins in Binche Lace primarily at take-ins and take-outs, especially where the work is in half-stitch. Without the support pin, the worker thread tends to pull the passives away from the edge, leaving an undesirable hole. I use the finest insect pins I can find, and put a dot of red nail polish on the heads of the these pins so that once I have gotten beyond that area I can take them out. I also learned about support pins from Ulrike, way back when I had only been making Lace for about a year!
Clay > On Feb 5, 2017, at 2:04 AM, Julie Shalack <jsyz...@comcast.net> wrote: > > I just finished my third or fourth Flanders exercise without support pins and > I am not really happy with the cloth areas. I also remember years ago Ulrike > Voelker being very emphatic about using support pins in Mechlin cloth. - 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/
