Bev, I made a scarf from 1 ply pure wool some time ago. I made myself three planks of high density polystyrene glued onto plywood, with the usual padding and cover. They were about 8 inches deep and almost 2 feet wide. Then I made two bands of wide elastic, not very tight, to hold them together. I did try a big bolster pillow, but I didn't like working on it.
I used ordinary Midlands as bobbins, just overwound the wool onto them. Being very fine wool, it was easy to overlap fresh bobbins when one ran out, and totally impossible to spot the overlap when the scarf was finished. I kept a basket of pre-wound bobbins ready at all times. I actually made the scarf as an edge first, intending to put a fine wool centre into it, but I couldn't find any fabric to suit, so I drew up a simple centre with the same number of pinholes as the footside of the scarf and worked that separately, then slip stitched the two together. I later made a large wall hanging in tape lace, using a big square board and my planks as edge additions when I needed them. This was in a very thick weaver's linen, and I acquired 12 weaver's bobbins to use for that - they're about 7 or 8 inches long, and hold a great deal of thread. If I ever use them again, I'll cut and sand their bulbous ends into squares to make life easier. Noelene in Cooma [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'd like to hear comments from anyone who has made a bobbin lace scarf on a > block pillow. > Bev (near Sooke, BC on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
