When I was a child, about seven yers old, I remember my parents taking me to Cardiff Museum in South Wales, England. I was most interested in a display of costume that showed a woman's cloak held together at the top by a very large thorn. (maybe hawthorne, I do not know).
I have a pair of horn bobbins made by a man in Bewdley, Worcestershire. This little town was famous for items made from animal horn, including horn buttons. I also posses several pairs of plain and decorated bone bobbins which are quite unlike ivory bobbins. The bone bobbins have little streaks within them. I wish I could remember where I read instructions for making bone bobbins, including how long you had to boil the shin bone (beef cattle) and how long you had to keep it (or not) as the case may be. I do not know if the bobbins were turned from the bone when it was soft, or hard. In the nineteenth century they used to dye the bone and colour the bobbins green as decoration. I am sure that bobbins were made from any suitable material available. I do not use my glass bobbins, in case they break, but I know several lace-makers who do, without damage. Angela Thompson after a very successful and fine-day family Wedding, last Saturday. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
