As I have received a couple of requests for "How Many Bobbins", here it is. I hope this works with just line feeds in the right places. I may not have posted it before, it's quite long for one of my poems.
"How Many Bobbins" by Noelene Lafferty A friend asked me once With a quizzical air "Just how many bobbins are needed? If you want to make lace And not spend too much cash And then they've all got to be beaded." I took a deep breath And collected my thoughts Just how many bobbins' enough? I thought of my bobbins In boxes and rolls Just trying to count would be tough. "You need some to start with To make bandage strips" "Are bobbins that sharp" she did ask. I ignored that remark And started again This would be quite a difficult task "To start with you need About 20 odd pair" "You can't have an odd pair.." "Pipe down" "But to move on to bookmarks And simple lace edges.. " And at this she started to frown. "You mean you need lots more But how many's enough?" There must be a target to aim for. Like Miss Channer's Mat How many for that?" I took another deep breath and said "More". "To do Miss Channer's Mat You need three hundred or more That's pairs, and not for the faint hearted. And then you need more For the pillows galore On which other projects are started." My friend looked at me With her quizzical air "Just how many pillows are needed? If you want to make lace And not spend too much cash?" "I've no answer to that!" I conceded. Noelene in Cooma nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
