Re: [lace] Re: bobbins for wirelace
You all know that I am selling both wire bobbins and wire as well as a few books and patterns I have designed for wire. You can find this information as well as a brief study in wire bobbin lace on my website. www.domesticarts.com/Books/Books.htm Scroll to the bottom of this page for the wire books and materials. http://members.aol.com/Lacemania/wireintroduction.htm I shall now have to update the resources part. Holly Van Sciver sells wire bobbins as does the Lacy Susan. Dianna Stevens Kent Washington, USA www.domesticarts.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: bobbins for wirelace
I found a conversion table for wire guages at the following site: http://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm The formula in the first paragraph was about 2 miles over my head (or should that be 5 kilometres), but a little bit further down there is a table which is clearer. It would seam that 0.18034mm is equal to 33. Hope this helps Tamara and others. Malvary in Ottawa, where it is a lovely day after rain yesterday evening and I'm off lawn bowling in a couple of minutes. - Original Message - From: "Tamara P Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lace Arachne" Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 1:36 AM Subject: [lace] Re: bobbins for wirelace On Jun 21, 2005, at 14:48, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: you can always buy basic bobbins, drill the top and add your own tiny hooks that are used for hanging the cord behind pictures. I bought some from my local DIY shop for 3p each. You also need to drill a tiny hole just below the neck so that you can start your wire there and it won't twist undone. The hole *just below* the head (which is what I think Dee really meant) is something that Jacquie Tinch mentioned in a private message to me (sorry, Jacquie, for not responding *yet*; things are hectic...), saying that, as she had been using precious metal (silver), she had no intention of wasting any more of it than she had to... It certainly "lit a bulb" in my head, even though I'm not yet ready for precious metals, and may never be... Lenka's bobbins have the hole drilled at the bottom of the neck, close to the body of the bobbin. It may not sound like much of a difference - what's an inch or so, aferall - but, with Lenka being out of business of selling wire, and most of other suppliers not carrying anything below the 32 gauge, *all* of one's "stash" becomes rather precious, and every inch counts... :) PS Does anyone know what 34 gauge is, when translated into the increments of a centimetre? I have a spool (too short, alas, being only 80m) of 0.18mm wire (Swiss-made), and no clue what it corresponds to, vis-a-vis "gauge"... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: bobbins for wirelace
This is a good place for wire, carries all sorts of colours to 34 gauge http://www.softflexcompany.com/search.html Don't think it carries any sterling wire though. Might be wrong, haven't tried looking for that from them Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: bobbins for wirelace
I did mean below the neck, just where the main 'handle' of the bobbin starts, (there is usually a little bulge at the end of the neck, and it is drilled just below the bulge) then you wind the wire up from there up the neck, so that it does not untwist. Dee Palin Forest of Dean, Gloucester - Original Message - From: "Tamara P Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lace Arachne" Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 6:36 AM Subject: [lace] Re: bobbins for wirelace On Jun 21, 2005, at 14:48, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: you can always buy basic bobbins, drill the top and add your own tiny hooks that are used for hanging the cord behind pictures. I bought some from my local DIY shop for 3p each. You also need to drill a tiny hole just below the neck so that you can start your wire there and it won't twist undone. The hole *just below* the head (which is what I think Dee really meant) is something that Jacquie Tinch mentioned in a private message to me (sorry, Jacquie, for not responding *yet*; things are hectic...), saying that, as she had been using precious metal (silver), she had no intention of wasting any more of it than she had to... It certainly "lit a bulb" in my head, even though I'm not yet ready for precious metals, and may never be... Lenka's bobbins have the hole drilled at the bottom of the neck, close to the body of the bobbin. It may not sound like much of a difference - what's an inch or so, aferall - but, with Lenka being out of business of selling wire, and most of other suppliers not carrying anything below the 32 gauge, *all* of one's "stash" becomes rather precious, and every inch counts... :) PS Does anyone know what 34 gauge is, when translated into the increments of a centimetre? I have a spool (too short, alas, being only 80m) of 0.18mm wire (Swiss-made), and no clue what it corresponds to, vis-a-vis "gauge"... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: bobbins for wirelace
On Jun 21, 2005, at 14:48, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: you can always buy basic bobbins, drill the top and add your own tiny hooks that are used for hanging the cord behind pictures. I bought some from my local DIY shop for 3p each. You also need to drill a tiny hole just below the neck so that you can start your wire there and it won't twist undone. The hole *just below* the head (which is what I think Dee really meant) is something that Jacquie Tinch mentioned in a private message to me (sorry, Jacquie, for not responding *yet*; things are hectic...), saying that, as she had been using precious metal (silver), she had no intention of wasting any more of it than she had to... It certainly "lit a bulb" in my head, even though I'm not yet ready for precious metals, and may never be... Lenka's bobbins have the hole drilled at the bottom of the neck, close to the body of the bobbin. It may not sound like much of a difference - what's an inch or so, aferall - but, with Lenka being out of business of selling wire, and most of other suppliers not carrying anything below the 32 gauge, *all* of one's "stash" becomes rather precious, and every inch counts... :) PS Does anyone know what 34 gauge is, when translated into the increments of a centimetre? I have a spool (too short, alas, being only 80m) of 0.18mm wire (Swiss-made), and no clue what it corresponds to, vis-a-vis "gauge"... -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
