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Comment by Elizabeth Ligeti on March 22, 2012 at 9:30pm

I don't know hwo to help you, as I don't recall having this happen to me - except form the bit of Hollie Point I have just cut away from the outline!! It has a grubby streak right across it for a few rows - not competition level, so I cut it away close to the outline, tweaked out the tufts, and started all over again - making sure I have Very clean hands in future!!! I think it was newspaper print on my thumb that did the damage.)

Have you tried lightly ironing your work - perhaps on the wrong side, and see if that flattens it.  Maybe try adding another stitch or 2 at the beginning and/or end of the rows , as maybe you are drawing in the edges through having too few stitches. Can you post a photo or scan of the lace so we can see your work, and maybe then we can help a bit better.

Comment by Lorelei Halley on March 22, 2012 at 2:30pm

I don't have any vast experience with needle lace, but I did have the same problem with my SUN.  So I soaked it in water, then pinned it down onto a piece of foam and left it until it dried..  I was especially careful with all the Venetian picots and edge loops.  The Venetian picots were twisting themselves into corkscrews.  Blocking it did help.  I pinned it down right side up because I didn't want any of the cordonnette to be flatened.

Comment by Linda Dumas on March 22, 2012 at 7:35am

I have a question.  I have done several pieces of needlelace and each time, when I remove the backing, the piece curls.  I have made several changes, for example, watching my tension, not crowding the edge buttonhole stitches, etc.  The curling is less than it was, but still it does it.  What I'm wondering is, is it expected that every piece will curl a little when first completed?

Comment by Lorelei Halley on March 19, 2012 at 1:53pm

Janice

Thank you.  I've added the pattern to the BEGINNERS PATTERNS album, and the 2 stars to the BEGINNERS LACES album. 

Comment by Janice Blair on March 19, 2012 at 9:02am

I have added the star pattern jpg to my photos but please move it to where it might be needed.

Comment by Lorelei Halley on March 18, 2012 at 9:16pm

The problem is that the software only allows files such as pdf or docx to posted only in certain kinds of places.  I would like to put the pattern into the beginners pattern album.  But the software won't let me put a docx file there.  If you want to post the whole file, start a DISCUSSION here.  There will be a slot at the bottom of the DISCUSSION box where you can plug in a  docx file.  Was your original drawing not a jpg or bmp file at some point?  Or did you draw it directly onto the docx file?  It will be more visible if you can make it into a jpg image.

Comment by Janice Blair on March 18, 2012 at 8:38pm

I have the class in my files as a Word document.  Would you like those two pages or just the drawing?  I will have to do the drawing again if that is the case as I do not have it separately.

Comment by Lorelei Halley on March 18, 2012 at 8:22pm

Janice

Would you be willing to post the pattern so our members can use it?

Comment by Janice Blair on March 18, 2012 at 5:20pm

Thank you.  I primarily designed it as a star to send to the Minnesota Lace Guild for the IOLI convention this summer.  They requested 5 pointed stars in any type of lace.  I will be keeping the one with beads though as being stiff, it makes a nice Christmas tree ornament.  I am working on another sample with slightly different stitches which can go though.

Comment by Lorelei Halley on March 18, 2012 at 2:47pm

Janice

Great!  Your sampler design is very clever.  It has an easy to follow cordonnet path, and the star segments require the student to increase or decrease--good practice. 

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