It paid to contact them. Out of the 3 sellers I contacted, 2 didn't know they were used in pairs. Both are going to update their listings to make them 6 bobbins instead of 5. Waiting to hear back from the 3rd seller, who is in France.
Clay...good advice is always a good thing for new lacemakers. Your example of the spangled bobbins for Russian tape lace made me chuckle. I tried to do it that way, too. : ) Looking forward to the weekend and hopefully some lacemaking. It's been a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng time since I've worked on any. Peg In warm and summery Cleveland Heights, Ohio. - 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/