I realize that David is really looking for a metal and magnetic answer to the space/bobbin continuum puzzle and I wish had something clever to offer in the way of an electro-magnetic force field that holds the bobbins in some kind of holographic suspension, but taking a leaf from Lyn's observations that people have grappled with this problem in the past, I am posting to the Ning site a picture of some bobbins that I was given. They claim to be Valenciennes bobbins and they certainly look as though they have been attached to the card they are on for a long time, so perhaps they are actually quite old and date to the era of the fantastically complicated straight laces. They are quite small, only 2 1/2 inches. I have no idea what they are like to work with, and since there are only two, I guess there is no way to try them out. Here is the link. You don't have to join the Ning site to read it. (The Ning site is free, but requires you to go through a little certification procedure just to keep out non-lace people, so it is no big deal to join it.) _http://laceioli.ning.com/group/tools-and-equipment_ (http://laceioli.ning.com/group/tools-and-equipment) Devon
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