Golly, I have had a tiny lace on a pillow that has been going for several
years. I never thought much about it, I cut what I need then, then add on as
I find time. I have never had a problem with any ravelingit has worked
just fine with me.
BarbE
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Subject: [lace] Cutting off lace
Depends on how much you're leaving on the pillow. So long as there is at
least two or three inches left then there shouldn't be too much of a problem
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that was all that was re-pinned down when lace was moved up on the pillow
before
block pillows were commonplace. But the more left the better.
BUT, the edge passives may well be unstable if there is only a small amount
left so you will need to take care not to pull them through, and be gentle
with
all the tensioning until you are sure it's not distorting. Consider
sacrificing half an inch or so at the start of the lace left on the pillow,
and
teasing out the edge passives at the cut place (now the beginning) so you
can
weaver's knot a thread onto the tails and use the longer thread as an
anchor.
It may be worth your time to work a bit more before you cut, because you
will
be saving all the time that you will otherwise use to set up again. Don't
worry about cutting lace off the pillow - the first time is the most scary
and
remember that's how 'professional' lacemakers worked. When the buyer came
round, or it was their day to take their lace to the shop, they cut off what
they
had done and were paid accordingly. They certainly didn't knot it all off
and
start again, and this was also one of the reasons why they worked the same
pattern all the time - all their effort went into producing saleable goods
and
none into the 'faffing about' things that take up so much of our time now
such
as what thread shall I use, should I use a card pricking or sticky plastic
on
paper, how much thread shall I wind etc, etc.
Jacquie in Lincolnshire
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