[lace] Bedfordshire Help

2007-11-18 Thread Dee Palin
Thank you everybody who gave me hints and tips on my Beds lace. I do appreciate it, and am even more convinced of what a great group this is! Thank you all so much again. Dee Palin Warwickshire - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL

[lace] Bedfordshire help

2007-11-18 Thread Margot Walker
I do it this way too - with a slight modification because I found the resulting, joined trail too thick. I gradually throw out every second bobbin in each trail. That way, when you 'pull the loop' there's space for each thread and you end up with trails of the original thickness. On 17

Re: [lace] Bedfordshire help

2007-11-17 Thread clayblackwell
My first question is, how did you come to be working in both directions? I realize this is not critical to the answer to your question, but it does make me wonder! One way to deal with the situation is to work beyond the joining point with both sets of threads. After you have lifted the lace

Re: [lace] Bedfordshire help

2007-11-17 Thread Cindy Rusak
Hi Janice, There is a way to do it without tying knots or weaving back in. I have a hard time describing things as I am more of a visual learner, but I will try. I was taught this by a lace teacher from Quebec and I think she got it from one of Ulrike Lohr's books. At a point about 15-20