Hi Barbara and Spiders,
This is *completely* my way of working!!!!!
I also have quite a lot of antique/veteran/vintage bobbins, both wooden and
bone, but have also invested in antique/veteran/vintage beads when I have
seen them, so I do have a small stash now. Like you, I want to use my
bobbins - and I do - so I want them to work properly, as well as look good,
so I certainly do respangle them. But - I do try to use the old beads for
them, as I don't want completely to destroy the history of them. I do try
not to put new beads on them, but have found that quite a few of the old
bobbins I have bought have quite large spangles, using far more beads than I
would use, so it is quite easy to build up enough of a store to be able to
respangle the bobbins, in keeping with their ages. (I also do as the old
lace-makers do, and sometimes use antique buttons, as well as 'a military
button on each pillow'.)
Hope this helps - but do bear in mind, I am a bobbin lace-naker who uses her
bobbins, and *not* a historical equipment conservator!
Best wishes to you all, and may your pins never bend.
Carol - in Suffolk UK
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