Re: [lace] Cutting off lace

[robinlace]

If you want to cut off the part that's already out of pins at the back, 
you could do what I do (Jeri, close your eyes!).  I just put tape 
across the lace where I want to cut.  Both cut ends (the piece you 
remove and the piece still on the pillow) then have the tape holding 
the loose ends.  The tape is on waste--the ends will have to go into a 
seam or something to secure them for their final use and the taped part 
gets cut off then--so it doesn't matter to me if a little adhesive gets 
left.

Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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From: Diane Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I have a narrow point ground edging on my pillow that
> I want to continue working, but I want to cut some of
> the length off now to use.  What would you suggest? 
> Just cut, or should I somehow work a couple of rows,
> maybe whole stitch, to create a place to cut, then
> continue my work?

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Re: [lace] Cutting off lace

[Noelene & Bill Lafferty]

At a recent workshop, Dianne, we were told to 
gather your bobbins into sets of 4 or 6 and make
a plait with each bundle about an inch long before
we cut off.  Perhaps if you made your plaits 2 inches
long, then cut in half, it would secure both ends for
you.

Noelene in Cooma
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> I have a narrow point ground edging on my pillow that
> I want to continue working, but I want to cut some of
> the length off now to use.  What would you suggest? 
> Just cut, or should I somehow work a couple of rows,
> maybe whole stitch, to create a place to cut, then
> continue my work?
> Diane Williams

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Re: [lace] Cutting off lace

[Barb ETx]

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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  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
-
  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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Re: [lace] Cutting off lace

[CLIVE Rice]

Lots of suggestions - mine is:
That's why God made Fray-Chek
Put a thin strip across the place to cut, let it dry, and no fraying

Happy Lacemaking
Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA

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