I use most of my old bobbins - one dated 1842, and a Hanging bobbin, etc. I have one of Grandma's old bone bobbins in the safe - as it has a chipped head, and snags the thread! It is very old, so was passed down to Grandma from ? her grandma!
One bone one with my Great Granma/s name on it , dated 1864 has the date very worn, due to being used so much - and it is still being used!!! I can't see any sense in keeping them just for show. The oils off the fingers must keep the bone from drying surely? (well, that is my excuse!!!)Carol said "'If a student doesn't understand anything, it is NOT the fault of the student - it is yours as the tutor, and you must go away and find words to express what you want that are comprehensible to said student.' " I had a student, some years ago, who admitted she had a big learning difficulty, so needed a One-to-one teacher. She could not cope with a class, as she dropped too far behind. She said she would need each lesson 2 or 3 times over, but she really wanted to learn. Well, I agreed to teach her, - and it was a challenge to find different ways to explain things to her, but she mastered it, - and then taught her daughter to make lace, too!!! It just took a lot of patience - for both of us, and I had to think things from a different perspective, sometimes, but it was Verysatisfying when eventually the penny dropped, and she understood what was what!!! Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz lizl...@bigpond.com -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 339 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
