Lynn;
Can you switch worker pairs when it comes to the cloth st sections,
so that for each section you have a different worker pair??? And
extra twist is all it would take to switch, and when done, who would notice?
Lauren in Snohomish
Lauren,
that's exactly what I often do when working a
I wouldn't even consider putting that amount of thread onto the bobbins.
My bobbins are full at about 3-4 yards, if you wind the thread so that
it goes beyond the wood diameter of the bobbin you are putting the
thread at risk of picking up dust from the pillow, quite apart from the
wear as it
Lyn
I don't think there exists a bobbin that will hold all the thread for such a
large piece. I think you will have to replenish bobbins part way through,
probably all of them. But if you replenish bobbins by working the old thread
and the new thread together, and do the replacing in a cloth
Lyn,
I am posting a diagram of how you switch a short thread for a long thread
on laceioli.ning.com You can do this from time to time. Instead of
starting with two very long threads for the workers, you start with all your
threads a bit longer than you might have planned for passives and
and then when it gets near the end, bring in a newly wound bobbin, work
together for a couple of stitches, and then throw out the old. Another
option might be to use a tailor's know (I think that's what it's called) to
tie the new to the old and throw out the old, but that would be more
This is a project I want to get right, really right, especially since I will
be using it in the church to educate people about bobbin lace by doing the
pattern during the ubiquitous Episcopalian (Anglican) coffee hour. They can
see how it's going on, and what bobbin lace is all about. I am
yes, Brenda... Weaver's knot is what I meant. Since I'm accustomed to
dropping in and throwing out in Binche and Flanders, the term escaped me at the
time.
But I have no argument with your assessment... because I am not as experienced
with the heavier threads, and because... Key point...
I would use a combination of adding in new thread, and twisting out my
worker with a passive.
Put lots of thread on to the worker and the two outside pairs of the cloth
stitch area, and use cttc to swap the workers for passives, when needed. If
you tension carefully this is hardly noticeable.
