Brian - there was an article in a recent copy of Lace regarding glass bobbins. I also wrote an article in response and sent in a couple of photos.
I have no idea whether glass bobbins were made in âolden timesâ, but I would have thought they might have been a bit fragile for the everyday use by lacemakers who were doing it for a living. The ones that I have are made of Pyrex type glass and are quite sturdy as long as you donât throw the pillow down on to a stone floor, or lean on it while the bobbins are on the pillow in the bag. Malvary Sent from my iPad > On Apr 14, 2022, at 8:17 PM, Brian Lemin <brid...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Hi All. > > As I have said there are a number of outstanding gaps in my bobbin > knowledge and the one that stands out to me is the issue of glass bobbins. > > I have no idea how to categorize them, date them, recognize the > manufacturer. > > I often seen them advertised as vintage or antique and I am clueless as > to how to judge them. > > Does anyone know of a book that might cover these topics... not > necessarily about bobbins but glass collecting? > > > Because my friend has a special interesting hand carved bobbins i have > managed to get a book on knitting sheathes, as these are mainly hand > carved and covered by the overall heading of treen. I am only a couple > chapters into it yet and what has struck me is the in the areas where > these tools are in general use, there appears to be quite a plethora of > "everyday" types of comments recorded; it appears that there was a lot > more recorded conversation/ business transaction etc, which has made my > reading of this book quite interesting. > > > As to my reading of Alan Coles work in and around lace and the social > aspects of the industry, I am beginning to doubt my ability to make any > useful comments, or at least comments of significance that are not > already on record. Where you may say? Well perhaps that is one area > that i may be able to offer a short, perhaps annotated bibliography in a > few months time. > > > OFF TOPIC I will keep it short. > > You know i love making things well I have made a sundial from aluminium > and after ALL the study i made and thought i had the southern hemisphere > sorted I made the fundamental mistake and made a Northern hemisphere > one. Easily corrected though. (My brain must be more addled than i > thought!)My next thing is a steel marble run (wire not wood. Just > starting today.) > > Happy Easter.. It s Good Friday here! (So my sun dial does*not* tell me) > smile > Brian > > - > 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/
