Wow- two digests in one day. I was about to reply to Elenas question when the second digest popped up containing more or less things that I might have said. I too watched the amazing elderly lady in the window at Kantcentrum and was intrigued by the leather cover cloth on her pillow. An instructor was taking a novice class in the same room and I asked her about the leather. It is to enable the bobbins to slide very quickly and smoothly across the pillow while making several stitches in a row. They have pieces of leather-like vinyl that students are encouraged to use as confidence grows. I also saw that, working palms down and fingers bent, all her fingers were used with bobbins held between the knuckles.
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