Gracious!! How indulgent you all are of husbands who litter your quiet with the sound of TV!! ; ) My DH is also addicted to the TV, and is incredibly indiscriminant about what he watches (read: trite, boring, something already seen before...). I don't worry about bothering him... it's the other way around!! I can't tolerate the sound of his relaxation!! So I work my lace in my study, where I savor the sound of silence and bobbins which can sing as loud as they want to!!
I suppose that in closer quarters, this is difficult. But fortunately, we have a spare bedroom which I have converted to my "study/lace room", and it makes all the difference. My computer is also in this room, so I can spend time on that without annoying DH. Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [Original Message] > From: Alice Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 4/19/2005 11:25:59 AM > Subject: Re: [lace] Thumping > > At 09:53 PM 4/18/2005, you wrote: > >Thanks for the warning. I know my husband will not put up with "thumping" > >while we watch TV. > > Ethafoam has been my main pillow type for 12 years. I don't notice any > problem with 'thumping' as I make lace. And I do it watching TV with DH > just a few feet away. My ethafoam pillows do have a layer or two of felt > on the foam, under the cover. I also use a work cloth folded in > half. That makes 4-5 layers of cloth between the bobbins and the foam. > > My lace pillow often goes with me to meetings where I will be sitting and > listening for a couple hours or more. My travel pillow often went with me > to conferences where I would be sitting all day in meetings. Because I did > not want to be a distraction (more than I could help), I learned to handle > my bobbins in a quiet manner. I set them down, rather than dropped them, > on the pillow. There was at times a slight click when two bobbins bumped, > but no thumping on to the pillow. Admittedly, if care is being taken to > work quietly, it is not at the highest speed. However, I did manage to > produce about two inches an hour on the travel pillow edging, even when > working in quiet mode. > > Not all foam pillows are the same material. The super dense foam ones I > have from Europe are harder than the ethafoam from Snowgoose. There is > more of a noise with them. > > If there is a concern about this, start with putting at least two layers of > wool or felt on the foam pillow top, then use a sturdy fabric for > cover. Some people like to use a suade or velvet fabric. If there is a > nap on the fabric, it adds a bit more sound proofing. Just be sure the > fabric will not fade. Use qood quality fabric. > > (I used a cheap plush fabric on a pillow once, pinned on a pattern and got > delayed starting it. Several months later, I found the pattern was > turning the color of the fabric. I was very glad I had no thread on > it. That fabric was removed and put in the trash. Since then, I haven't > used bargain fabric on my pillows.) > > Don't let stories of thumping bobbins scare you from making lace near your > DH. After all, the TV itself is making a lot of noise and will hide minor > sounds. <G> > > Happy lacing, > Alice in Oregon -- where we are to have a week without rain. It will be > nicer for hauling lace pillows to class this weekend. > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
