Dear Sue Sorry to have picked up on this thread so lace, but Dr Mincoff did recommend using what she calls "tracing cloth" for bobbin lace, on p.73 of "Pillow Lace a practical hand-book" by Mincoff and Marriage, of 1907, reprinted by Ruth Bean.
She considers it ideal for prickings, laid straight on the pillow so the colour of the pillow cover shows through (as would be the case with parchment). To quote her: "...in fact, it is so eminently suitable that I cannot understand why I have never seen it in use. Trace on the unglazed side of the cloth, and use ink, as pencil rubs off..." She recommends using it to create a long pricking to go round your bolster pillow by tracing a unit pricking on one endand concertina-ing the length so each fold is exactly the size of the repeat and pricking through the lot at once. I suspect this might work best for a Beds-type pattern rather than a Bucks one with fine ground, where a small inaccuracy in the folding would show. I haven't tried it for the repeats, but did for another piece, and it worked well enough - but now architect's linen is so difficult to find, I am keeping my remaining stock for needlelace, where I do find it superior to sticky-backed plastic. I use pricking card for bobbin lace, pricked through and marked up in ink if necessary - or just the photocopy with nothing on it but some card under it for a one-off. [email protected] <Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:02:10 +0100 From: "Sue" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [lace] pattern prickings OK, I understand now, I sort of got it right but for needlelace, not bobbin lace. Thank you all for some very good and clear emails. As I am not a needlelace person I will stick to the tried and tested card and blue paper I have used for 8 years:-) It just seemed the right time to ask the question as you are all such a mine of information. Sue T, Dorset UK where we are getting a bashing from the winds from the left overs of Hurrican Bill> - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
