Thanks to all who wrote! Thanks Louise for the link to Stephen Pearce--WOW--you're right about the shape. Plus I didn't see any wood bobbins on his site. Mine seems to be ebony & there's no groove on the head so not Geoff Mudge either. Oh well--it's very pretty so I'm sure I will enjoy using it. Jay, I was surprised that all the commemorative Arachne bobbins weren't the same color in 1996! Does that mean that you have spider bead spangles to match? Thanks Jane, I don't have initials on my Lace Hall bobbin so that seems a dead end. Perhaps I should mention that both Arachne & Lace Hall bobbins were acquired from the Elaine Merritt collection that was offered by the Lace Museum. There were quite a number of lovely pieces but budgetary constraints intervened! No initials on the "Springett style" bobbin either. More mysteries--but I love the little snippet of painted lace. Is this the time to ask about spangles? One of our goodies at IOLI was a lovely beaded spangle! --however the wire is very short & it looks like it just clips on. I have other bobbins with similar spangles & they are all from the UK. This is not the way I learned to make spangles so what's up? When I make them, they are permanent to the bobbins unless cut off with wire snips. Is this a regional difference or is there a reason to clip them on? Many thanks for the thorough education that is freely available on Arachne! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA
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