In a message dated 3/28/2004 8:34:34 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Cow and a calf". Or "mother and babe". Those are bobbins (always > Midlands, I think) which are carved/turned in such a way that a larger > one will "carry", within itself, a really tiny (no more than 3/4-1") > one. Somewhat like the Chinese "ball puzzles", where there's a ball, > within a ball, within a ball -- all moving independently of one > another. > I have a couple of these lovely old bobbins, but they are not spangled as Midlands bobbins are. They are more in the tradition of "thumpers'' , used, I think in Bedfordshire lace. Elaine Merritt The Lace Museum 552 South Murphy Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 tel: (408) 730 4695 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
