[lace] winding bobbins - a comment
Recently bobbin winding was mentioned, and I think I remember a comment about thread not being very neat when wound using a string to turn the bobbin. For newer bobbin lacemakers, the thread on a bobbin is not supposed to be wound neatly with the threads next to each other. The thread should be wound at a slant down and up so that the successive windings cross the previous windings at an angle. The hitch on a bobbin can pull itself down into the *neat* windings of thread if layer after layer are oriented in the same direction. The hitch can go down only one layer if the layers underneath lie on a different slant. The hitch cannot get buried in the threads, and lost. This is especially important if the thread is fine, slick or fuzzy. When I wind bobbins, I lay the first layer (only) tightly side by side down the thread area to give a solid base to the windings. All the rest of the layers are at an angle, up, down, up, down, etc. If you have had any trouble losing your hitches into the thread, give this winding method a try. Alice in Oregon -- getting ready to fly out tomorrow morning for Virginia and Lace at Sweet Briar. I get to play tourist a few days before the retreat starts, visiting Williamsburg and other historic locations. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] winding bobbins - a comment
I wish I had known this before and it makes lots of sense. I have been trying to wind in a tidy fashion but obviously will go for the diagonal method more in the future. I have just wouud silk onto 40 pairs and started the first little tiny bit last night. They would very nicely and a couple of knots came out easily, which surprised me, so now all is well and I am slowly bringing the pairs in and over the next couple of evenings should have the pattern working as I want it. Sue T Recently bobbin winding was mentioned, and I think I remember a comment about thread not being very neat when wound using a string to turn the bobbin. For newer bobbin lacemakers, the thread on a bobbin is not supposed to be wound neatly with the threads next to each other. The thread should be wound at a slant down and up so that the successive windings cross the previous windings at an angle. If you have had any trouble losing your hitches into the thread, give this winding method a try. Alice in Oregon -- getting ready to fly out tomorrow morning for Virginia and Lace at Sweet Briar. I get to play tourist a few days before the retreat starts, visiting Williamsburg and other historic locations. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Back On-Line ...
Hi All Arachnids, I am so happy to say that, after all this time, I am back with a connected computer!I am very happy in my new home, and am trying to face the future positively, but sometimes with trepidation, but I am looking forward to getting back into the lace and lace-chat - I also hope that it is OK to post on both sites, to thank everyone who contacted me when John was ill, and after he passed on - all the good wishes have made a ghastly time a little easier to bear. Thanks to you all. Carol - Suffolk UK 'Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
RE: [lace] winding bobbins - a comment
... When I wind bobbins, I lay the first layer (only) tightly side by side down the thread area to give a solid base to the windings. All the rest of the layers are at an angle, up, down, up, down, etc. If you have had any trouble losing your hitches into the thread, give this winding method a try. Alice in Oregon = Hi Alice, I have never heard of that method (and it's always good to know another one!). I did learn a slightly different one: Like Alice, I wind the first layer side by side. Then I bring the thread straight back from where it ends back to the beginning, wind another layer and then straight back again. This leaves some threads in line with the head of the bobbin and protects against the digging in. I do have to laugh, though! For the first class I ever took, I wound my bobbins fanatically even, like a spool of store bought thread. Unfortunately I wound them in the wrong direction and couldn't keep them on my pillow! Had to rewind the whole lot! LOL! Patty - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Torchon Cross Pattern
Dear Arachneans, I have a request. I have a picture of a lovely torchon cross which was made available to Arachne members in about 2001 by a Member who had a web page called 'Jean's Bobbin Lace Page' I have tried to access the address on the bottom of the page where I have the picture to no avail. Is this Jean still on Arachne and will you be willing to share this pricking with me? Thanking you in anticipation, Dot Goetsch Port Elizabeth South Africa. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Re: winding bobbins - a comment
On Jun 17, 2009, at 11:55, Patricia Dowden wrote: When I wind bobbins, I lay the first layer (only) tightly side by side down the thread area to give a solid base to the windings. All the rest of the layers are at an angle, up, down, up, down, etc. Alice in Oregon Like Alice, I wind the first layer side by side. Then I bring the thread straight back from where it ends back to the beginning, wind another layer and then straight back again. My method seems to be in between the two: down -- meticulously parallel; up -- in about 2-3 angled hops. Must be yet another side effect of being a libra :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
Re: [lace] Re: winding bobbins - a comment
If I may say so - a uniquely Tamara method ;) I use mostly single head continentals; if winding by hand, I take the thread up and down at angles, as I do for yarn around a nostepinne/stick. Some old midlands bobbins I bought on ebay, still with some thread on, were wound neatly parallel. With my nifty pocket-size bobbin winder, I have to guide the thread so that it doesn't build up in one part and flop around the neck else - and it is going on parallel, but these I wind very full, then undo a length, enough for the tether plus some to wind at an angle to keep the hitch from getting lost. On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Tamara P Duvall t...@rockbridge.netwrote: My method seems to be in between the two: down -- meticulously parallel; up -- in about 2-3 angled hops. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] Musty books--conservation supplies
Hello all- Talas is a conservation/restoration supply company that carries some supplies to deal with mold and fungus, etc. There are a number of cleaning supplies and something called Odor Eliminator. See http://talasonline.com/ I've ordered acid-free boxes and materials from them in the past. They are located in Brooklyn, New York. Regards, Lorraine Weiss Albany NY - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
RE: [lace] winding bobbins - a comment
Patricia Dowden pat...@netwiz.net wrote: I do have to laugh, though! For the first class I ever took, I wound my bobbins fanatically even, like a spool of store bought thread. Unfortunately I wound them in the wrong direction and couldn't keep them on my pillow! Had to rewind the whole lot!- There's no right or wrong direction for winding a bobbin. [Okay, some people believe S-twist thread should be wound the opposite direction from Z-twist thread, but I haven't found any consistent difference between them.] The only thing that matters is that the direction of the hitch is correct. If your bobbins unwound, you should have only needed to reverse the hitches. Of course, nobody at their first class is going to know that. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
