Achim Siebert a écrit :
The "lathe" you refer to that makes bobbins all by itself, is not a
lathe as such, but a computerized machine that turns out lace bobbins
by the thousands.
And that's where I don't understand that those bobbins are still
rather expensive. I suspect those bobbins are way overprized and many
seller just try to fleece us lace makers.
And then there's those cheap "danish" bobbins that are made from wood
not much better than toothpicks - destroying threads and even hands.
Or some bobbins on ebay that look really nice on the pictures - but
are unusable. Or take those aluminium bobbins we talked about recently
- those are certainly machine made and I'd think they are not worth
more than 20p a bobbin.
Of course I appreciate nice handmade bobbins and I understand they
have their price - and I pay that gladly if I like them. It's a
wonderful experience to work with bobbins where each of them has its
own little story behind it.
What I missed were smooth machine made bobbins for a reasonable price.
When I had the time (and guts ;)) to do a piece needing more than 200
pairs I had to postpone it because I simply couldn't find affordable
bobbins in sufficient quality.
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Hi Achim
it's true some bobbins are shockingly expensive but then .... i'm
content with admiring them .. <g>... I think i have or or two bone
bobbins that won"t be followed by many of their kinds ....
bu then all bobins are not expensive if you go to lace fairs and then
bargain with the sellers if not the makers . many of them sell packs of
100 bobbins .... il you buy 200 bobbins i expect they would agree to a
better price .... I'm speaking of continental bobbins . I mainly use
Bayeux but there are cheaper ones and even Bayeux are not all the same
price , it depends on the seller of course but also on the wood ..
I guess that if you postpone your project for a year , you'll have your
200 or 300 bobbins if you put a little money aside every month and
then start bargaining .....
my own 2 cents : cheap Danish bobbins won't be made for long is no one
buys them .... and Ebay is not worth it if you don't have a little
knowledge of bobbins .
some lacemakers are very good at selling as antiques modern bobbins
they had free from a swap !
dom from Paris where it's raining again ... no wonder we"re called frogs
, i'm turning green !
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