One more gizmo for collecting/holding bobbins is made by John Aebi. Imagine a wooden tuning fork with very long tines and no handle. The tines taper at the tips, so you can place it on the pillow and scoop the bobbins into it. There's a pinhole going through the tines at their tips, and another pinhole at the base (same direction as the one through the tips).
By scooping bobbins into the slot between the tines and, if necessary, pinning through the tines, I can quickly put a bunch (up to 10 pairs of Swiss bobbins) aside in order. They're reasonably stackable. For longer storage, the "forks" can stack and be held in place with a long pin through several of them. I had 140+ pairs on my pillow for a 'sGravensmoerse scarf, stacked in these forks. However, I didn't have to constantly add/remove as frequently as David is doing. I find them faster than knitting stitch holders and tongue depressors/elastic, but still a bother. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
