thanks for the help tamara. someone else answered and told me the opposite because the bobbins are so light. i think they can be used without them, but they will be too light. if the thread strand weighs more than the bobbin, they might pull all over the pillow, so if i want them to work correctly i should use weights. i'm a little disapointed that i won't make myself any more room on the pillow. maybe at least they won't roll. she also said the same as you to not buy the plastic beads. i'll put spangles on them any way, but i'll use glass beads. if you are interested in beads here is a company i've had a catalog from twice, and they have some really nice stuff.
http://www.firemountaingems.com/ --- Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 12, 2005, at 22:12, susan wrote: > > > is it necessary to spangle midlands? that is probably a stupid > > question. i can get some cheap bead necklaces at the dollar store > and > > take them apart and make some nice spangles, but i really don't > like > > them. i do realize the importance of having a little more space on > > > your pillow > > I've not seen any other answers to this (these? One's implied, rather > > than stated) question, so I'll have a shot. > > Suz, it's not necessary to spangle Midlands, but they've been > *designed > for spangling*. That is THE reason they're so thin; they *count* on > the > spangle to give them weight (as well as stop them from rolling like > mad). > > If you plan on spangling them with beads from the Dollar Store, you > might as well save yourself the effort and the cost (the wire's not > all > that cheap, either)... Leave them as they are, and fight it out with > them once they're on your pillow. The cheap necklaces these days are > all made with *plastic* beads, which weigh next to nothing (15yrs > ago, > you could buy, cheaply, glass-bead necklaces in the second-hand > stores, > but not no more). > > Once you have the spangle on, you do *not* have any more room on your > > pillow than you do with Continentals - in fact, you're likely to have > > *less room*.... But you'll have a prettier pillow :) > > -- > Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ > Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the > line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
