Dear David, I must admit I shy away from metal bobbins. Wooden bobbins feel better. When I was a new lacemaker, I gravitated to pretty shapes of Continental bobbins, but then moved to more traditional shapes. the old designs work better, I find. Feel better in the hand. While I like the wood bobbins, I am not really tempted to talk to them. But I think those who use Midlands, with the possibilities of slogans, and carvings, and hanging bobbins and the like, look on them more like individuals, remembering where they came from. Talking to such bobbins makes more sense, if that is possible. But if you tell your bobbins about when they were trees, do you also tell some of them about when they were cows?
DH gave me the Twelve Days of Christmas bobbins, which I am using as gimp bobbins, very helpful, as I have the cheaper light-colored Binche bobbins, so the shiny black bobbins stand out. I don't talk to them, but I did try to put them in pairs by the numerical order. Partridge in a pear tree with two turtle doves. Do you find that it's easier to make lace if you talk to the bobbins? Do they get tangled less? Lyn from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Clay wrote: >>As far as your bobbin ideas, my own preference is that I like the >>organic nature of our bobbins. > David wrote: >Oh, so do I. I talk to them, remember them when they were trees and >tell them all about their spangles - LOL. >David > "My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails." - 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/albums/most-recent
