Hello Diane
The way I make the hitch is to be found at:
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/bobbins/bobbins.html
This shows the double hitch for the neck of the bobbin - if I'm making
it over the thread I just miss out step 3 and position it a bit further
down. Make sure that the initial loop is made in the same direction as
in the diagram.
HTH
Brenda
I would like to know how everyone makes their hitches on the bobbins
when making bobbin lace. I am suddenly having difficulty with runaway
bobbins.
I'm working on my large bolster pillow with 57+ pairs of bobbins
(boy are they crowded!). The thread is Filatu di Cantu size 40,
heavier than I usually use. I've had to use every bobbin I own, so
some are heavier and some are lighter. Both the lightweight ones and
the heavy ones have trouble with the hitch. I use spangled bobbins
and I put my hitch on the thread, not on the head of the bobbin. All
my life I've had trouble with hitches on the head, but I've never had
trouble like this before with the hitch riding on the thread.
I'm sure someone will ask, the thread is wound clockwise on the
bobbins.
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html
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