I'd never heard of it either but Nenia Lovesey always told us to take our threads sideways from the spool to wind our bobbins and not pull from the top of the spool, causing the thread to 'spiral'.
Catherine Barley Uk Sent from my iPad Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com > On 12 Dec 2017, at 07:54, Ann Humphreys <ann.humphr...@talktalk.net> wrote: > > Jeri wrote > Many do not even know how to thread a needle, or that one side of a needle's > eye is designed for that purpose. > > I have never heard of that. I tried Googling for information but couldn’t > find anything. > - 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/