Whew! I have to admit, my heart was in my throat just reading this. Glad turning it upside down worked so well!
Janice Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Not what you might think from the subject line, but last night at our lace get >together, Arachne, Sylvie Nguyen , had a disaster. She was working on her >heavy Simone Tousteau roller pillow with about 30 pair of Midlands bobbins and >a 3" wide piece of linen Torchon. She can give you details of pattern and >size. As our tables at the library are a little high, she was propping her >pillow on her knee and the edge of the table. You guessed it. The pillow >slipped off the table and fell backwards with the bobbins going over the pins >and roller. We grabbed the pillow before it hit the floor and held on whilst >deciding what to do. I remembered the tip on Arachne about turning the pillow >upside down. So I held onto the roller whilst Sylvie completed the turn >upside down, held on for a few seconds for all the bobbins to hang down, then >finished the 360 degree turn. Voila all the bobbins were back on the apron >and there was no damage to the lace, no threads or bobbins broken. > She did have to spend about ten minutes getting them back in working order >and there was only one pin on the floor. Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com http://lost-arts.blogspot.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
