I always thought that the fatter unspangled bobbins were used for hand-made
Bucks Point and that Bedfordshire lace was introduced as being faster, and
therefore able to compete for business, when machine-made lace became
readily available. I'm sure I've seen it mentioned that the slimmer Midland
bobbins were used for making Bedfordshire lace.
I haven't tried it, but is it more difficult to make leaves with fat short
bobbins Bucks bobbins than with slim Midland ones? Could this be the reason
they were used, and the spangles added for weight because of the lack of
wood in them and incidentally to stop the bobbins rolling about?
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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