Happy New Year's Eve to All! Hope you enjoyed your holiday--Christmas, Hanukkah or another. If not, maybe you just enjoyed the time off & a few extra moments to yourself. For me, it has been a strange & wonderful season all rolled into one. We were a bit subdued until we got my husband's CT & PET scan reports this week--he is cancer-free for the second year. So let the party begin!! As many of you know, before I made lace, I spent a lot of time in embroidery world. There aren't many techniques that I haven't tried & I still follow many embroidery websites to stay in touch with my first love. When I'm not making lace, I'm working on embroidery! Two of my favorite sites are Mary Corbet's Needle 'N Thread & Tricia Nguyen's Thistle Threads. Both cover embroidery--soup to nuts! This year, Mary offered the Stitcher's Christmas 2017 contest & I entered one of her giveaways. Long story short, I was the LUCKY WINNER of a pair of hand made scissors from France from one of her sponsor! s, The French Needle. These tiny beauties are beyond exquisite & they cut like a dream. Did I mention that I am over the moon?! I posted a photo to Flickr & I am most eager to use them for Rosaline, Honiton & needle lace. Very pointy & exceedingly sharp, they will be handy in tight spaces where accuracy is key. Hardanger comes to mind, but it's not my thing. I've already tried them on a small, beaded needlepoint project & I am in love! Which brings me to the question of the day. What kind of scissors are being used for lace? I confess to owning many scissors, some quite nice--but I have never had scissors like this. Nor would I have suspected that there would be such a dramatic difference in quality! Yikes, did I miss the scissor tutorial? What are the experts using & why? Looking forward to candid opinions & advice because I am still in shock. Sincerely, Susan Hottle USA
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