What does it mean to work the old lady out of the ditch? I seem to recall that it had something to do with working the worker through the edge. But is that all? In Running River that would mean a catch pin, two linen, the edge stitch and bac through the two linen. Or does it mean work the entire little area of tulle ground until you canât go any farther.
They seemed to count things in units of 20 pins. Does anyone know how they kept the pins for reference? Did they count them onto a pin cushion? If they removed them in groups of twenty, that would seem to slow you down a bit since you have to count them as you remove them. In the tulle area you go through twenty pretty fast. Also, with the counting tells, it would seem that a systemic rhythm would be difficult since the pattern determines how often you place a pin. In the tulle area you would place them much faster than in the cloth stitch river area. Also, do you think these children did it really fast, or really slow? I can see adults could do it fast. (My wrists are hurting from the practice session I just had.) But not so sure about children, especially ones who are memorizing and reciting rhymes. I am going to have someone read them to me while I work. No way can I recite a long rhyme and also do the pattern. Devon Sent from Mail for Windows 10 - 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/
