I do this too, a handful of bobbins with leftover thread are very useful for eking out a too-short thread. I'd love to use hackle-pliers, but don't have any yet and my lace-materials budget this year is precisely zero so I'm using what I already have and making sure I don't waste anything...
Beth in Cheshire, NW England On Friday 08 October 2010, you wrote: > I have some spare bobbins with thread left on them and when using short > lengths of thread - for example, doing Christmas decorations or the gimp in > a bookmark, I tie my short length of thread to the existing thread. I > especially do this when getting beginners to do the Springett Snake. > > I don't like thread tied to bare bobbins, too much trouble to get the off. > > Noelene in Cooma > nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au > > > I am finding this little thread of "to tie or KNOT to tie"(pun intended) > > your thread onto the bobbin really intriguing. What are the reasons you > > tie > > > or not to your bobbins? > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
