Re: [lace] Climbing up

2004-04-22 Thread Barb ETx
; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 2:17 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Climbing up Thank you. I will try that the next time, it is so irritating when the thread gets stuck in the thread! Ann-Marie http://community.webshots.com/user/annma1 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL

Re: [lace] Climbing up

2004-04-22 Thread Clay Blackwell
Noelene wrote: >Another "incidental" - does anyone else have the same problem? > if I work in linen, I find I have to put the half hitch around the > notch at the top of the bobbin, then the linen thread can be > easily released. But if I do this in cotton, the thread is > continually slipping of

Re: [lace] Climbing up

2004-04-22 Thread Ann-Marie Lördal
Thank you. I will try that the next time, it is so irritating when the thread gets stuck in the thread! Ann-Marie http://community.webshots.com/user/annma1 > "If you don't have a double headed bobbin and have to put your half hitch on > the thread itself, there is a way to help prevent the hitch

RE: [lace] Climbing up

2004-04-21 Thread Gabrielle
"If you don't have a double headed bobbin and have to put your half hitch on the thread itself, there is a way to help prevent the hitch from digging into the thread. When winding the thread onto the bobbin, I wind from top to bottom very closely and then take the thread from bottom to top in a si

RE: [lace] Climbing up

2004-04-21 Thread Patricia Dowden
ECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 5:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [lace] Climbing up Dear Patty, Could it be that you are using a different card for your pricking??? Not an expert on this, but YOU are. Regards, Jeri - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the

RE: [lace] Climbing up

2004-04-21 Thread Patricia Dowden
Noelene wrote: Somewhere in the depths of my addled brain I recall when discussing this topic before, someone mentioned that if you use too large a needle in your pricker, that your lace will ride up the pins? Is this right? I used to have this trouble, but not recently. But a friend of mine

Re: [lace] Climbing up

2004-04-21 Thread Sue Babbs
> I used to have this trouble, but not recently. But a friend > of mine has just finished a wide edging which seemed to want > to climb right up to the top of her pins, and we really can't > figure out why. Flat pillow, side angled pins (maybe not > angled enough, but the work really did want to