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Aug 17, 2006 16:37
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French term

relier les deux têtes des deux clous

French to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
These are headpins which are being used with crocheted chains. The problem is that in this item, there are only supposed to be two headpins.

Prendre deux clous et les plier du côté de la tête de manière à former un crochet. Prendre une des chaînettes réalisées et insérer la première maille dans un des deux clous. Mesurer 18 cm et insérer la maille dans l’autre clou. Mesurer encore 18 cm de chaînette et insérer la maille dans l’autre clou. Travailler de cette manière toute la chaînette en faisant des rangs qui vont de 18/19 cm. Sur les mêmes clous, travailler de la même manière les autres chaînettes réalisées. A la fin, relier les deux têtes des deux clous et enrouler les fils pour arrêter le travail. Faire de même pour l’autre clou.
Change log

Aug 17, 2006 17:50: hirselina changed "Language pair" from "English to French" to "French to English"

Discussion

Claire Chapman (asker) Aug 18, 2006:
According to the local bead shop, it is referring to the two ends of a headpin once it has been bent (in the middle) from the side to form a hook. As you can see in these instructions, they then go on to refer to the two legs of the bent headpin as "clous," hence the confusion over the number of heads and nails.

Proposed translations

1 hr

link the heads of both headpins together

it is just an awkward bit of French!

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-08-17 18:12:35 GMT)
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The last sentence refers to the way in which you stop the threads (each thread/chain was started around one headpin).
Note from asker:
This is how I read it. The problem is that the pattern only has two headpins and they go on to say to do it to the other headpin.
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