I was never taught that when making spiders, but I found that someone else
in the class was. I rarely work them, as I didn't like the lump in the
middle, but recently remembered about taking the centre pin out and have
worked at it a bit, I find I am happier to work them and not going out of my
way to avoid spiders in my work.
It is amazing what a difference this makes.
Sue T, Dorset UK
Hi Tania, Sue and all spiders,
Isn't it amazing that this is exactly how I work my spiders. I wasn't
taught this way but just developed the techniques as I did more and more
lace. They say great minds think alike :-)))
I now teach my students to take the pin out when they have completely
enclosed the spider as it gets rid of that volcano in the middle. They
are a bit nervious the first time but with a little practice the spiders
look so much nicer.
Happy spidering,
Jenny from wet, wet Wales
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Babbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <lace@arachne.com>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 2:07 PM
Subject: [lace] Spiders
>although I wish I could afford to take a class to get some tricks on how
>to do spiders, mine tend to >go pear shaped, raindrop shaped or lopsided
>;-p
Tania (Denmark)
I enjoy working spiders and spider ground, and have therefore included a
lot of them in my work. Over time I have found ways to make them look
better. I hope that the following will help you.
I find that it is easier to keep spiders even, if you finish all the
ground immediately around them before moving on to any of the rest of the
ground. That is, work all the pinholes that their legs go into and then
the "joining" pinhole at the bottom of the diamond before doing anything
else.
Once you have worked the immediately surrounding pinholes, you should
then pull on the pairs making up the spider's legs to make the spider
look good and balanced. I find it helps to pull on the top right hand
pair and the top left hand pair at the same time as each other, then the
next pairs down each side until you have done them all. Then I usually go
back to the top and start again. It takes a bit of fiddling, but is worth
it to get a nice spider.
Sometimes I take out the central pin in the spider once the surrounding
pins are in place, but before I do the tweaking of the pairs, as this has
the effect of removing the bump in the middle of the spider which can
sometimes appear around the central pin.
Sue Babbs
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