re: [lace] honiton questions

2005-01-22 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone Jacquie wrote: > The turning stitch side of the rib goes on the inside of the curve > regardless of which side any sewings may need to come from. True. In the original message, I was under the impression that sewings where the filling met the rib, usually done into the pinhole side,

Re: [lace] honiton questions

2005-01-21 Thread Laceandbits
In a message dated 21/01/2005 17:12:15 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > To get the effect of the filling tucked behind the rib, you would have to > sew into the pinhole threads through the back of the rib where the > non-pinhole side faces the filling - best to avoid this and switch

[lace] honiton questions

2005-01-21 Thread Janice Blair
Thanks to everyone who wrote replying to my question about where to sew into a rib and what to do about short broken threads. Another question I have is how to end each section neatly if the pairs are not required for another part of the lace. After working a filling and leaving off pairs as

re: [lace] honiton questions

2005-01-21 Thread Bev Walker
Hi Janice and everyone: > Where you have a piece that is surrounded by a rib which faces in both > directions how do you do the sewings for the filling? One side is okay > because you have the regular pin hole so that you can make a sewing into > the side bars as well as the edge threads, but whe

Re: [lace] honiton questions

2005-01-21 Thread Jean Barrett
Hi Janice, As others have already explained, when sewing in for a filling in Honiton you sew your pairs into the side of the pin holes (top sewings) whether there is a plain edge or a rolled one. You are working from the back in honiton lace so the effect that you are aiming for is for the edge

[lace] honiton questions

2005-01-20 Thread Janice Blair
I have a question regarding doing fillings in honiton. Where you have a piece that is surrounded by a rib which faces in both directions how do you do the sewings for the filling? One side is okay because you have the regular pin hole so that you can make a sewing into the side bars as well as