Sister Claire
Winding bobbins properly isn't about the "curve" of the thread,
whatever you mean by that, it's about not adding or taking away from
the amount of twist put into the thread during its manufacture.
If you think you may be winding incorrectly try winding some narrow
ribbon onto a bobbin. It doesn't matter about haw far apart the wraps
of ribbon are but the ribbon should should lie flat around the neck of
the bobbin with no twists.
Jean Leader's lace note explains it in detail
http://www.q7design.demon.co.uk/lacenotes/winding/index.html
Bobbins unwinding whilst you work is more likely to be because you have
made the hitch wrongly. The way I make the hitch is shown at
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/bobbins/bobbins.html
The other thing that can affect the hitch holding is the shape of the
bobbin's head. Bobbins with a double head, such as English Midland
bobbins, can vary quite a bit in the shape of the head. I find that if
the outer part has a smaller circumference than the inner part the
hitch is constantly coming undone. If I use a bobbin with a head
shaped like the spangled glass bobbin at
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/bobbins/materials.html
I make a single hitch over the wound thread in the same manner as I
would with a single headed continental bobbin.
Brenda
I think I may have just discovered the cause of my bobbins unwinding
while I
work. Not all of them, but some. Could this be due to me winding the
bobbins
improperly, against the "curve" of the thread? It's a real pain having
to
rewind bobbins at frequent intervals, and this happened when I did
Torchon
and it happens now with the Cantu even more.
Sr. Claire
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Brenda Paternoster <
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Provided you wind your bobbins properly so that it doesn't get
untwisted or
over twisted in the process, ie roll the bobbin into the thread
rather than
wrapping the thread around the bobbin, the thread will be OK to use
for the
next project, but only do that if the lengths are sufficiently long
not to
have lots of joins/knots.
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html
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