Let us look at Yarn Winders again. This subject may be confusing to some lacemakers who do not work with what I'll call "yarns" (vs. "threads"). It happens that I was in Bath Maine on Monday. Halcyon Yarn is located there, and ships all over the world. We have a lot of women spinning, weaving, knitting and so forth in Maine. So, I thought some of you might like to look up all the yarn winding options - some much too expensive to consider for one project, but the pictures might inspire you to improvise - based on the photos. Search for Yarn Winder at _www.halcyonyarn.com_ (http://www.halcyonyarn.com) Different subject related to Halcyon - If you'd like to comment on this paragraph, please quote this, and change the subject to Halcyon Yarn or Bobbin Lace Beginner's Kit, so it can be found in our archives. This is the company our Tess helped to set up a bobbin lace beginner's kit years ago. It is about as reasonable at $100 as one can get from a commercial source (vs. making your own pillow and bobbins), though I remember looking at my copy of "Bobbin Lace Without a Teacher" by Betty Alderson (24-pg. booklet pub. by Snowgoose), and thinking a few more pairs of bobbins would be nice to have. I just searched Bobbin Lace Kit. It is shown, but seems to be out-of-stock. Experienced lacemakers on Arachne will, perhaps, be able to recommend something comparable for the beginner who lives far from any lace groups? Or someone can order, wait, and spark a revival of the beginner's kit at Halcyon. It is about time to again castigate kits from H*ll, and help beginners who have recently found Arachne. By the way, I privately wrote to Julie to suggest she look in some of the knitting and crochet magazines at her local Barnes & Noble book store (or on line) to see what length fringe might work for her. One can compare the models' hand or face lengths relative to fringe lengths in photos to work out what is preferred. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center -------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 11/5/2015 1:07:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, walker.b...@gmail.com writes:
LOL, I respectfully disagree. When I use silk 120/2, also Treenway, my umbrella swift is like having a third hand. The skein itself has enough thread to last a lifetime or three of bobbin lacing. It is sold as weaving yarn, for those who like doing projects at 40 ends per inch. If the swift is secure, a skein shouldn't drop, unless the skein itself was poorly wound. Or if it does loosen in the process, that is just something to watch for. I also use the swift for winding bobbins from skeins of embroidery floss. This saves me a lot of headache as I don't have the knack for pulling a length from the folded skein - now *that* makes a tangled mess in my hands. Admittedly, winding bobbins from a spool is a lot less fuss than from a skein on an umbrella swift. We do what we can with what we have. I don't have a skein winder but I do like using the niddy-noddy, good for winding small skeins of bobbin lace threads for dyeing projects. On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Bespokethreadsandyarns < bespokethreadsandya...@gmail.com> wrote: > For very fine yarns such as used in bobbin lace, -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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/ - 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/
