Thank you all for your comments, it would appear that you all use some sort of soft sausage shape which is now so obvious:-) I will play with the general idea and see what works best inside the bag open and closed and to make sure future lace rolls off the pillow in good condition for use and obviously keeping it clean as well while working it. This was just started as a test piece using up the spare silk thread rather than wasting it and to see if I could get the hang of the pillow, I was not convinced initially, but am delighted with how it is progressing. I used normal pricking card which might have been a mistake, its tough getting the pins in (and the top of my finger is getting a bit sore), so will downgrade to light weight card another time that I can print the pattern directly on and then put the blue sticky on the top. What is the minimum depth you might put pins into this thicker card and pillow, so it would stay put but not have to press so hard? Because it is just a strip I dont need to push them right into the pillow at any point and what is the minimum recommended amount of pins you would leave in the pattern as you work, obviously removing from the back to put in the front as you work? It has only got 14 or 15 pairs in the work and on a 2mm dia grid, so fairly close together. Alice, I am working the pattern I made up for you for the exchange< <g>.
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