On 3/31/07, Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a question for those of you who have made things like Bobbin > Lace scarves and belts/sashes. Since the thread/yarn for those is > likely to be thicker than usual, did you use bobbins that are larger > than "normal", or did you just re-fill your everyday bobbins more > frequently?
We just had this discussion this week at my lace group. I did a workshop at convention making a yarn scarf. I used regular continental bobbins and wound on as much as I could. Unfortunately the hitch kept burying itself in the yarn and that was a nuisance, especially as the yarn was a bit fluffy. I think mohair might be a nightmare. I came home and bought bamboo skewers and pony beads intending to make my own bobbins. A bead at the top for the hitch and a number of beads at the bottom for weight and handling. I even bought some long bone beads for the bottoms. Never got round to it. We decided you could try using thin dowel as the skewers might be too thin and try to get glass pony beads for weight. I also thought that knitting needles might work, especially the nice wooden ones available in the US, but that would probably be more expensive than the dowel. One tip, if you do decide to use yarn, be careful about not doing too tight an edge stitch as when my scarf came off the pillow, it tended to 'cup' rather than lying flat, even after it had been blocked. I think I must have tensioned too hard at the end of each row! We visited a few yarn shops in Wisconsin this week and there are some really nice thick silky cottons for sale which might be better to use than yarn. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://jblace.wordpress.com/ http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
