<>From what I've heard, the Newnham pillows were superb - it's a shame they're not still available. The disc pillow you mention sounds a bit like the collar pillow that Central Scotland Lace Supplies do. They also have a fan pillow that sounds like the Newnham one. I've already been referred to Rosemarie Robertson, so I'll contact her and see what she has. If the pillow has a domed apron, it might be what I'm looking for.
Thanks, Annette, London From: Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [lace] Fan pillows <<I don't know if anyone still makes them but at one time Karl Newnham (who ceased trading many years ago, but was the Rolls Royce of pillow makers) used to make a fan pillow which was shaped like a quarter of a circle and worked like a block pillow in that it had segments that were moved along as the work progressed. He also used to make disc pillows. which were a flat disc of high density styrene/ethafoam with a collar shaped apron around it. The disc rotates as the work progresses and the bobbins rest on the apron area. Mine is only 12 inches disc diameter, but he made them up to about 18 inch diameter. I think Rosemarie Robertson of Bobbins ad Pillows makes a similar pillow, but she doesn't have a web site and my price list of hers is four years out of date! I have used my disc pillow to make a small fan, but for the large fan that I made, for Marie's wedding, I used a 24 inch cookie pillow.>></> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
