lace

On the left we have the lace as it looks when i removed it from the pricking. I was feeling a little disheatened then Sae hae pulled the threads apart and wa-la there was the pattern!! See what a difference things like thread size and tension make. i hate lace

My thread is too thin, this problem would be easy to fix, just buy thicker thread. The problem is that the hair i will be using is less than a tenth of the thickness of the current thread. hmm.... maybe the style of lace is not the way to go, i think something more abstract will have to do. The spangles are proving to be annoying with the thinner thread, I might have to cut them all off!

my lace set up

As you can see its not that easy to learn how to make lace from the $2.50 book you scored on trademe. I was about ready to throw this against the wall but patience and perseverance paid off.
Pins, learning my first stitch. Is it even called a stitch?!?! Experimenting with where the pins are positioned in the pricking, what a heart rate getting it right!
Pillow made with styrofoam, cardboard, staples, polar fleece circles and blue material which is fantastic for making lace with white thread but a nightmare for hair. woohoo!

Lace pillow

so i should have made this a month ago... tried making one with wadded up blankets and carboard and a staple gun... staples fell out, board bent, fabric wasn't hard enough. I got told off for doing things that were unrelated to what was going in my final exhibition and now when i try to do something fast and cheap it lies there like the half dead rat in the living room, not working, hating life. That poor little rat i wish i hadn't let it be poisoned I felt so bad seeing it too exhausted to move being tormented by Mitsy.
Back to the lace pillow, I made one from styrofoam that will last me at least until i make my first piece of lace, I also bought an old pillow so that when i make a proper lace pillow I can stuff it with panmure op shop stuffings. yum. I put down my name to volunteer there during the week. I don't know why I did this as I have far too much on my plate already. hmmm.

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hair woven in to an existing tatted piece of lace. Looks like a dirty smear, a web... boring.
Finished button! click to see the detail.

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Learned how to wind thread on to the bobbins from the handy book i bought on trademe :) I wound hair on to these two, not as hard as i thought YAY!


The spangles I made today. Mint! I hope the fishing wire holds them together or i can always buy some thin wire which is what most people use.

My lace bobbins!

What beautious objects these are. and not hugely expensive either which is a relief. Now to make lace with them. I can't be fucked any more to be completely honest. 12 Bobbins, thread, beads, a pillow, pins, oh, god, workload, massively, increasing, eyesight, will, deteriorate, mouth, will, swear.