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gileswench June 10 2007, 02:06:18 UTC
Woo! Go you, girl!

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meaghann June 10 2007, 07:13:04 UTC
It's all very terrifying, but nowhere near as hard as bobbin lace.

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gileswench June 10 2007, 14:45:48 UTC
Actually, Bobbin lace isn't hard at all. It looks confusing from the outside, but at any given moment, you're not paying attention to all the stuff. Bobbins? They're just handles to hold the thread and keep it from getting dirty or tangled. The pillow? Is just a support mechanism. The threads? You may have hundreds of threads if you're making a very elaborate pattern, but in the moment you're stitching, you're paying attention to a maximum of four threads and what you're almost invariably doing with them is crossing one thread over another and sticking a pin in the pre-printed pattern.

There are a couple more advanced moves that can get a bit tricky, but with some practice even doing sewings and tallies is simple enough.

The trick is to focus on what you need to and ignore the rest. It's really quite zen once you get into the rythym.

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meaghann June 10 2007, 18:26:53 UTC
I figured it probably wasn't as hard as it seemed, much like watching my mum do lace knittng, but from the outside it does seem daunting.

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cha June 10 2007, 02:34:14 UTC
ok - I worship you

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meaghann June 10 2007, 07:13:39 UTC
Hah, well only do that if I finish the socks and they look like actual socks :p

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