My understanding of starting with bundling is that the bobbins are wound singly. They are not in pairs. A small bunch is knotted together and pinned above the pattern. They may be braided from the pin to the pattern just for more control. The pairs are formed as the threads are put into use, with no pre-planning, however they happen to line up at the end of the braid.
A deliberate arrangement of pairs at the start would most likely happen when the bobbins are wound in pairs and started by looping the center of the thread over a pin, or two. A variety of starting formations exist to accommodate different stitches or edges. So bundling and preset pairs would not be compatible. As to the pattern ABC ABC, I've never seen that starting arrangement so cannot say what kind of lace or stitch it's intended for. Alice in Oregon... with cold, wet, even snowy, weather. And no relief in sight. I've spent many hours in a Holiday Market booth this week, and got lots of lace made. ----- Original Message ----- In message <20111118171711.2fe6f1f...@mail1.panix.com>, Debora Lustgarten <drac...@primus.ca> writes >Now, part of my original question was the different bobbin sequence of >this type of hanging: ABC ABC >Is there a particular time or reason to hang the bobbins in that sequence? - 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
