Second LNS "class"

Cheryl

Thanks!

DH gets paid tomorrow, so I might do a bit of "shopping". I have an idea of what I want it to look like.

Right now Im working on project from the 3rd class - intro to linen. I've never worked on linen fabric before, some cotton evenweave, but not linen. Will post about that class when I've finished the project.

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Thanks!

I guess it's not bad for a first attempt :D

But when *I* look at it, I see where the stitches aren't laying even, and refuse to do so no matter what (I restiched one area numerous times) and it burns me up!

That looks great! I can remember taking hardanger at my LNS too, and I just loved it. We did a stupid, useless heart piece. Its the peachy pink one in my stitching album. I don't know about you, but the hardest part was cutting the fabric, after spending 30+ years trying desperately NOT to do that to my stitching. LOL! Great job, it makes me want to get my hardanger back out too. Wonder if I'd remember how to do it?....

Susan in Ontario

I never new linen was supposed to e hard, so the first piece I ever did was on linen. Do you railroad your stitches to get them to lay down nicely?

George (who cut himself shaving this morning and is now bleeding all over the place.)

Not sure what you mean by "railroad" (unless if you're asking if I lay the piece on the railroad tracks to flatten is some, then the answer is no - but I have put coins on some tracks when I was a kid :D) - and this hardanger piece isn't on linen... you've got me al cofusled

Ouchies!!!!!! Does this mean you will be having a piece of tissue stuck on your face for half the day?

Railroading of stitches is done to get the floss to lay nicely. You can try it by taking your needle and bring it down between the two strands of floss, thus keeping the strans seperate. Some people use a trolly needle to do this. You can also do this by using the pinkie finger on your hand.

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Spew!!!!

Now there's an image for you! George, I hope the bleeding has stopped.

Cheryl

I used a napkin and just kept pressing it. If my wife had seen it, she would have told me not to do anything and started her stop watch to do a coagulation time. The bleeding has stopped and I WILL NOT pick at the scab. Yeah, right.

George

Just grow a beard George. I didn't shave for a couple of weeks when I was confined to bed with a very bad bout of influenza about 30 years ago; my wife liked the resultant beard so I have not shaved since.

OK - now I understand, and no, I haven't done that (yet)

Oh, and for the shaving cut - have you ever tried a styptic pencil/pwder

I hear you! I'm supposed to watch how long some thing bleeds too.

Cheryl

I use styptic pencil on my legs all the time!

Cheryl

I love the variegated thread with the hardanger, it's lovely. I've almost always used some kind of perle cotton which wouldn't be possible to railroad. My teacher (Linda Driskell) had us using a hoop to stitch the klosters which was easier. Then you took the hoop off to do the cutting...

Alison