On Mar 18, 2005, at 16:16, Viv Dewar wrote:
b) take one of the weaver pairs and use it to make buttonhole
stitches (or half hitches) round the rest of the threads for as long as
makes a decent tassle or you get totally fed up! I use a fine crochet
hook for this
I have no aversion to the croche
There are a couple methods I frequently use with bookmarks.
Bookmarks ending square -- not pointed.
I fringe a bookmark that has a flat end. Take two adjacent pairs
together. Put a large pin (I like glass headed quilting pins) at the
bottom of the lace where the fringe knot should be. Lenghen
In a message dated 18/03/2005 20:07:23 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> When I make tassels on the end of bookmarks I simply tension all but the
> two
> outside pairs down into the center, then take the two outside pairs under
> the
> others from left to right and right to left (
My favorite way to deal with bookmark tails is with a macrame knot. A little
hard to describe without diagrams but I'll try.
Use one pair of threads from each side of the tassel - hereafter referred to as
passives - to make knots around the passives. Lay the knotting pair from the
left side t
The way I end bookmarks: I do patterns that come to a central point at the
bottom, leaving pairs out along the two slanted edges. I take the outermost
pair from one edge and CTC through all the other pairs on that side. Place a
support pin just below the point of the lace, unwind enough of th
On Mar 17, 2005, at 8:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christina) wrote:
> My favorite project is bookmarks..but I have problems with the ends.
> My braids just don't come out right! Any suggestions on books that
> give directions on making nice braids and tassels.
When I make tassels on the end of bookma
On Mar 17, 2005, at 8:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christina) wrote:
My favorite project is bookmarks..but I have problems with the ends.
My braids just don't come out right! Any suggestions on books that
give directions on making nice braids and tassels.
If, by "braids" you mean what's also known as "
