er 16, 2011 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] amounts of thread
> Dear Sue
and Ilse
>
> Now, I don't put too much on any more but rather add when
required. A very
> small knot is hardly noticed in larger pieces.
As a rule
I put 4 times the length of the pricking, but still often d
I never put knots into the lace (only when having to tie off).
I know the approx length of my arms outstretched and pull off using that
measure x however many I think needed (or two thirds for smaller things),
Lots of lace has multiple workers for diamonds, trails and things like that,
but this
Dear Sue and Ilse
Now, I don't put too much on any more but rather add when required. A very
small knot is hardly noticed in larger pieces.
As a rule I put 4 times the length of the pricking, but still often
do too much. However, I would never knot an added thread - simply
work double for a
Ilse said "A very small knot is hardly noticed in larger pieces."
And therein lies the difference between the common practice on the
continent and the UK.
We tend to double up the thread for a SHORT distance, rather than
knotting. I say short because some people forget they are working wi
Dear Sue,
When I first started, I filled up my bobbins completely. And now after many
years I am still using up some of the threads. However, in the meantime,
they have become more fragile and a bit dirty. And All my seizes have mixed
together as well.
Now, I don't put too much on any more but
I know this comes up time and again, but I am currently preparing 42 pairs of
bobbins to do a strip of lace and am unsure if I need put quite as much thread
onto each pair as I am. Almost all of the lace in this piece is just torchon
ground, with fans along both the edges (where I will obviously n
