[lace] Re: pin sizes etc

2008-11-03 Thread David in Ballarat
Dear Tamara and other readers, Some years back, when I was still dabbling with Point Ground, I *did* use a different -- colour-headed -- pin, to hang a gimp from. For the same reason that Clay mentioned -- to remind myself to remove it, before it got locked beyond the ability to tension the

[lace] Re: pin sizes etc

2008-11-02 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Nov 2, 2008, at 4:31, Leonard Bazar wrote: Another trick for making it easier to sew into pin holes is to put an extra twist or two on the pairs making the pin hole [...] Advisable for those, like me, who manage to mix pins [...] That -- twisting "extra" -- is what I've been doing too, and