This is true. Normally you just hold the thread end in place as you wind. My exception is that I wind too little of thread(the frugal part in me) and I am always running to the end of the thread, but just enough to finish the small project. That is why I did that. I can show the optional method as well. No problem! :)
Thanks for checking it out. Not sure who made the one and only bobbin hook that I have. It is the bottom half of a bobbin and then has a retractable hook to hold the thread end as you finish up a project. I got it from Susuan Groh of Unique Expressions. Haven't had the chance to use it yet! -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop: http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatshop/tatshop.html email: tat...@tat-man.net Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tatmantats On 10/8/10 1:40 PM, "Janice Blair" <jbl...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Hi Mark, > I think your site is great. I love your pictures, but I have one objection to > your instructions. > > I really dislike it when beginners tie their thread onto the bobbins as I am > the > one who usually empties them and rewinds for the next group of beginners. One > time I found they had been tied on and someone helping me used scissors to cut > the thread off and damaged the bobbin neck. I teach beginners to hold the end > of the thread with their thumb, wind the thread over the tail a couple of > times > and then wind in the normal fashion. Beginners usually wind on more thread > than > is necessary so they usually don't have a problem with the bobbin falling off > near the end of the work. That does happen to me as I am mean when winding > thread for my projects. This happened this week when I used remaining thread > from a christmas ornament for a second one. By the time I finished I had > three > threads attached to hackle pliers with just enough to finish and some for the > tassel. > > I have been collecting fancy hackle pliers and love the ones made by Richard > Worthen. I usually try to buy them when he is at conventions. I have seen > his > work on www.Etsy under bobbin lace and he calls them a Thread Clamp. No > connections, just a happy customer. > > Janice - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
