[lace] Hitches

2007-09-03 Thread Gray, Alison J
Hi everyone



All the talk about hitches on bobbins reminded me of when I was teaching
my daughter and some of her friends to make lace some years ago.  I
discovered that one of the girls always wound her bobbins in the
opposite way to me and the others (winding towards herself, rather than
away).



She always did this so when I showed her how to do hitches I had to
teach myself how to do them the other way round so that I could teach
her.



I never had a teacher myself and learned with a Dryad lacemaking kit
which showed you how to put hitches on the top of the bobbin rather than
on the thread.  I found that they were always slipping and started to
put them on the thread.  I have found that this usually works unless the
thread is quite thick.



Alison in Essex

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Re: [lace] Hitches

2007-09-03 Thread David in Ballarat

Dear Alison,


I still haven't got round to analyzing my hitch yet. However, I do 
know from various students I've had, that if you'[ve wound your 
bobbins the wrong way, the hitch will not hold at all. Now, I'm only 
assuming that I wind my bobbins the same way as everyone else, but to 
check, if I point the head of the bobbin towards me then the thread 
goes round clockwise.

I'll try and get onto my hitch tomorrow

David in Ballarat



All the talk about hitches on bobbins reminded me of when I was teaching
my daughter and some of her friends to make lace some years ago.  I
discovered that one of the girls always wound her bobbins in the
opposite way to me and the others (winding towards herself, rather than
away).


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[lace] to contact Pat of Roseground

2007-09-03 Thread bevw
Hi everyone
Pat sent me this message and I hereby forward it to the list:

"David & I have been away on holiday -  - during our time away, we have
discovered there has been problems with my e-mail.  We cannot find out who
has been in touch with me and speaking with an Indian call centre has not
really been helpful! so I no longer have the e-mail 
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Would it be possible for you to let folks now that if they have e-mailed me
in between the 27th August and the 2nd September they will have not had a
reply from me, and no way can I get the information as to who have e-mailed
me."

If you are in the category mentioned by Pat, do please write to her again ;)


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Re: [lace] Hitches

2007-09-03 Thread Lisa McClure
Speaking as a lefty, if you wind your bobbins the "wrong way",  you need 
to be sure to also do your hitches the "wrong way".   Then all works 
just as well as if you had done everything the right way.   


Lisa in Arizona
I still haven't got round to analyzing my hitch yet. However, I do 
know from various students I've had, that if you'[ve wound your 
bobbins the wrong way, the hitch will not hold at all. Now, I'm only 
assuming that I wind my bobbins the same way as everyone else, but to 
check, if I point the head of the bobbin towards me then the thread 
goes round clockwise.

I'll try and get onto my hitch tomorrow

David in Ballarat


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