I have only done buckspoint and I don't know anything about chantille, anyway I do have experience with lots of passives on the head side of the lace. When I get more than four passives I work a whole stitch through the first pair of the passives and then threat the next three pair like a single thread and hold one pair up the next down the next up and so forth until the last pair before the pico. I work a whole stitch with that pair and make the pico. On the way back I only bring the pair that made the pico through the first two or three pair, not usually all the way back into the lace. I use one of the closer pair to go into the lace.
I am doing a large piece now that has lots of passives in the head side and I am just taking out some of the pairs when I get more than about 6 or 7 and adding them again when I need them down farther in the lace. But I am lacing rather alone and don't have good input into what is done in these situations. I know that lacemakers used to have solutions to these problems and talked about them like I talk about how to deal with pet hair now. Your idea about putting a pin in to hold the threads of the bobbins you aren't using has made all the difference for me in this project. I don't know why I didn't think of that. I am having my husband make me some of those huge "pins" out of hangers for me. One advantage of using those is that they keep the bobbins in order and I won't have to spend so much time straightening them out when I change places to work on. Karisse Hot and Humid Central Tx - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
