Jane's explanation makes sense, now I'm wondering the connection, In the manner of bundles? (en faisceaux) If the source is French, I would think there is a French lace that uses ten-stick or rib so to anchor the start neatly you would want the bobbins to hang offset as for your ABC ABC, for the least bulky beginning (vs. rainbow).
On 11/18/11, Jane Partridge <jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> ABC ABC >>Is there a particular time or reason to hang the bobbins in that sequence? > >> the knot wound back onto it) as you do for Honiton, then this method of > hanging makes it easy to have the bobbins with least thread as the > downrights (passives), whilst the full bobbins sit at the outside ready -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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
