Good Evening Spiders
All I can say about the Barmen Lace is 'that machine is a darned
sight faster than I am!!!
It's Barmen machine lace. Very typical of this type of lace which is
made on a circular machine ising coarse cotton thread.
http://barmenlace.com/
Click on the Union flag and then video to see the machine in action
As regards the bobbins, I would be wanting to use them! I have a few
which are old but not antique/vintage. There again, I buy mine to
use, not for historical purposes. I can't quite see the point in
'preserving' them, (like pearls, they go dull if not worn, or
diamonds - they're a girls best friend aren't they??
Hey, Nothing on my pillow at the present time.... I finished my
mat!!! Now to get a photo of it to put up on the web somewhere so
you can all see it! (It's a little square (10 cms) torchon mat)
where I've learned to do roseground and fans, corner turning and
'sewing'!!!! I'm proud of it!! On hols next week so taking my
travel pillow on a narrowboat and making a few bookworms for the
books you understand....
Hope our pins never go dull or bend.....
From a dull, cloudy, rainy East Yorkshire
Sue
I also have quite a lot of antique/veteran/vintage bobbins, both
wooden and
bone, but have also invested in antique/veteran/vintage beads when
I have
seen them, so I do have a small stash now. Like you, I want to
use my
bobbins - and I do - so I want them to work properly, as well as
look good,
so I certainly do respangle them. But - I do try to use the old
beads for
them, as I don't want completely to destroy the history of them.
I do try
not to put new beads on them, but have found that quite a few of
the old
bobbins I have bought have quite large spangles, using far more
beads than I
would use, so it is quite easy to build up enough of a store to be
able to
respangle the bobbins, in keeping with their ages. (I also do as
the old
lace-makers do, and sometimes use antique buttons, as well as 'a
military
button on each pillow'.)
Hope this helps - but do bear in mind, I am a bobbin lace-naker who
uses her
bobbins, and *not* a historical equipment conservator!
Best wishes to you all, and may your pins never bend.
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