There are different ways to fasten and end lace projects. Some have already
been mentioned. Do the best you can, and keep your eyes open to ways and
suggestions from different teachers and books. As with everything else,
practice is the best teacher.
I wanted to mention that there is a book
If you are mounting the finished lace on top of a piece of fabric, eg a
cushion, do the sewings and knot the pairs just once. Leave them fairly
long, and then thread each in turn into a needle and pass them through to
the wrong side of the fabric. Knot them using a reef or granny knot on the
wr
I totally agree. With lace just as with quiltmaking, both finishing and
perfection are highly overrated!!
robinl...@socal.rr.com wrote:
When all else fails I shamelessly use glue :D
Or you could do what I do--not finish anything! Then I don't have to worry about
darning neatly, ab
Hello Nancy
I doubt if glue would be very satisfactory for holding lace together.
A tiny bit to stop ends from coming unknotted is one thing but you'd
need a big blob to make unattached threads stay together.
What I would do in this case is thread a needle, either with the lace
thread or a
Hello Nancy
For short lengths of thread, it's usually as quick to wind the bobbins by hand
as to use a winder. Unfortunately there's no really quick way to wind a large
number of bobbins.
Your next square probably will turn out better than the first - you'll have
learnt so much from doing the
.
Nancy
> From: b...@capuchin.co.uk
> To: nancy.nichol...@hotmail.co.uk; lace@arachne.com
> Subject: Re: [lace] ends
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:27:02 +0100
>
> Hello Nancy
>
> Yes, a sewing is the correct way to join the two ends, and knotting them
after
> the sewing
Hello Nancy
Yes, a sewing is the correct way to join the two ends, and knotting them after
the sewing is usually a good idea. If you're going to darn in the ends, cut
the pairs off leaving a nice, long end to thread into your darning needle -
you only need to darn in about half an inch (maybe l
ut is just hanging loose!
Nancy
> Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:58:22 -0700
> From: robinl...@socal.rr.com
> To: lace@arachne.com
> Subject: Re: [lace] ends
>
> When all else fails I shamelessly use glue :D
>
> Or you could do what I do--not finish anything! Then I don&#x
When all else fails I shamelessly use glue :D
Or you could do what I do--not finish anything! Then I don't have to worry
about darning neatly, about knots coming apart, about glue discoloring, etc.
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
robinl...@socal.rr.com
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