I think "cat's tail bobbins" must be rosaline bobbins. They have a small wood extension from the bulb at the bottom of the bobbin, handy for sewings. Cute name, very descriptive, I never before heard that term for those bobbins . The ones I have are so smooth, a delight to handle.
-- Doris O'Neill in Chicago area -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Karen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > What are cat's tail bobbins? > Karen in Malta > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > bevw > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:40 PM > To: Clay Blackwell > Cc: Lace > Subject: Re: [lace] Lace bobbins > > I think the bone vs. wood (or wood vs. bone to be diplomatic ) informal > opinion poll is interesting and yes isn't it wonderful we can have a > choice. > > Clay wrote: > > > I would love to be able to work with each of those very distinct styles > > of "apparatus", just for the experience. > > > > I have a sort of collection like this - I have enough Spanish bobbins and a > large bolster to work a decent (usually Torchon) pattern with them. I even > use the 'continental' method (e.g. TC for half-stitch) when I work with > them. When I wanted to teach myself Rosaline from a book I invested in the > cat's tail bobbins, only 12 bobbins are needed then I got a lot more when I > realized how nice they are to work with for other laces. Honiton bobbins and > pillow for honiton lace of course when I was dabbling in that. I have lots > and lots of spangled midlands, almost all wood or plastic, brought out for > Beds or Buckspoint projects. The midlands are shelved for now while I > concentrate on Flanders lace and using Flemish-style bobbins for it. > > I'm not into using bone, to handle it gives me the creeps. > Ditto when I decided to try an old Buckspoint pricking, still with its > eaches (sp), the linen tabs to pin it to the pillow; I rigged a midlands > bolster stuffed with straw and hung on antique spangled midlands I'd bought > on ebay - the dust of the ages was bothersome! The poor little bobbins had > dried out considerably since they were first used, so the authentic > experience was not to be had - but it had been fun assembling the components > :) > > -- > 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] > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
