Ah, I should have mentioned that Puncetto is a needle lace, not a bobbin lace, and worked without a pillow.
Avital On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Margery Allcock <margerybu...@o2.co.uk> wrote: > Maybe it's for rolling your lace as it comes off the far side of your > pillow? It would need to be pinned at the ends, to keep it from > unrolling, and I think I can see a hole in the upper face of the knob > at the near end ... > > But the basket has crochet-type threads, and packets of sewing > needles; maybe something related to needle lace? > > Margery. > ======================================== > margerybu...@o2.co.uk in North Herts, UK > ======================================== - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003