i'll watch out for that tonight when i work on it again. maybe the
tension is not equal, and that is throwing it off. i'll definitely
watch for that because i don't want it to fall to pieces once i get it
done. this is just a practice pattern for a book mark i am making with
old wound bobbins.
i'm really building up to making a nice cluny pattern with a lot of
tallies. this pattern also has a ton of them, but they are not big
pretty ones like in the pattern for the table mat. i was so disgusted
in winding the bobbins, i just left them for now and used up some
thread already wound onto other bobbins that wouldn't have been long
enough for the big job and started making the book mark. winding
bobbins is probably why most bobbin lace is so slow to get started.
if anyone is interested, the best method i have come up with so far is
to attatch the bobbin to a thin dowel with a rubber band, and then
twist it down my leg like a spindle. the thinner the dowel, the more
twist per push, and the bobbins fill up faster. i hope i get the
patience to get the bigger job done, or at least ready to begin.
--- Sue Babbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You may well may doing this, Susan, but you didn't mention it in your
> last
> message.
>
> Jacquie in her detailed response to your picot question said:
>
> > Now very
> > gently snuggle the threads until they are the same tension; you
> > should be able
> > to see the twisted bit going round the pin now, and then snuggle it
> > tight
> > around the pin.
>
> This is actually a crucial step, which takes place just after you
> have put
> the single threads round the pin. What you are doing is pulling very
> gently
> on each of the bobbins, one by one and repeatedly until the threads
> are
> twisted round the pin not lying as individuals still. It is very
> gently but
> very satisfying as they tweak into place
> Sue
>
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