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't have to worry
about darning neatly, about
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
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
.
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 is usually a good idea. If you're
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
I totally agree. With lace just as with quiltmaking, both finishing and
perfection are highly overrated!! LOL
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
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.
VBG
Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
robinl...@socal.rr.com
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