Now you have gone completely the opposite way, thats amazing the lengths,
but does make sense as I have seen photos of your lace desk. I must say
that the more bobbins I have on my pillow the longer my threads seem to need
to be in order to get them out of the working centre area without feeling
cramped. I am really glad I asked the question because we have had some
very interesting answers.
Thank you all it has been very enlightening.
Sue T, Dorset UK
"I have been watching video footage of bobbin lace being made and noticed
the
very short amount of thread between last worked pin and the top of the
bobbin
and wondered what most of you all do."
For me, it all depends on a number of things: such as - the number of
bobbins, the size of the pillow etc.
Now that I have virtually a lace desk (rather than pillow) I can afford to
really spread my bobbins out when there are many of them. Hence whilst
working on pieces like Miss Channer's mat I sometimes have the length of
thread up to 12" (30cm) long. It doesn't not seem to make any difference
to the work itself, and I can't say I've had any more breakages because of
the extra length.
David in Ballarat
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