Wow, talking about the meat trays, those styrofoam trays are not very deep, but they are smooth and will hold weight. you can get a few free from butchers but collect the right size to suit you. If you cover it with cloth and also have the side flaps mentioned above, that would serve for travel as well as "holding" them for use. I would be tempted to have the flaps extra long so several trays could be stacked and then secured together. The edge would allow scooping without actually changing the configuration. But if you wanted smaller ones that would only hold maybe 10-12 bobbins each, you can cut them in half and use the lack of the lip as the scoop. I will have to test this out myself as a rubber band can secure the bobbins in the tray and altho it would suffer, you can use divider or hat pins to secure the tray to the pillow. these can be disposable after a few uses.
Hugs, Lin and the Mali Overton, NV USA On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 9:42 AM, David C COLLYER <dccoll...@ncable.net.au>wrote: > Dear Robyn, >> > > Some interesting ideas here which could inspire others to take them > further. > > > A thin wood dowel ought to work just as well as coathanger wire and be >> easier to make up. And wood will grip the thread beginning, making them >> much easier to wrap. >> > > As soon as I read that I immediately thought of those cheap wooden meat > skewers. I recall in my early days when I didn't have enough bobbins I used > them with just a rubber band wound round the head and no spangle at all. It > was a pain though. However, if I glued a small metal nut on to the end, > they could work. The only disadvantage I can see with such think bobbins is > that they'd be a pain to wind. > > > An alternative magnetic bobbin is carriage bolts, if they come in a thin >> enough size for you. >> > > Love that idea - and I hadn't thought of it. I'll check them out at the > hardware store. > thanks > David in Ballarat, AUS > > > - > 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<http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent> > -- Hugs, Lin and the Mali *Inside every older person is a younger person -- wondering what the hell happened. * - 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
