I tried lots of ideas of storing the bobbins before starting making the lace, these days I tend to wind just what I need to get started and then wind as I need them. I had what I thought was a brilliant idea for a bobbin tree years ago and a friend whose husband did wood turning made one for me. It is a beautiful piece of wood about a foot long, six inches wide and probably 1-1/2 inches thick. He sliced off about a half inch off the end which became a swivel lid. Into the slab he bored five long holes. Doing this it seems was very dangerous and he kept breaking drill bits in the attempt. He cut 5 pieces of dowel, one thicker than the others, and they are all -kept in the tubular holes he drilled out. For assembly I put the larger dowel into a small hole drilled on the top of the box, this dowel has 4 smaller holes around the top into which I slot the other 4 dowels, making a cross shape. They have notches all around them to hold the threads in place so that they do not get tangled. I based my design on the old mug trees that used to be popular except the arms are horizontal. The base is nice and solid so it never tips over. Sounds very much like the Beswick plastic tree but a bit heavier. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, IL where my daffodils look lovely and my one tulip looks very lonely.
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