RE: [lace] glass bobbins
I, too, use glass bobbins. My first pair was a gift, or I'd have assumed they'd break too easily to buy any myself. In 10 years since I got my first pair, I've broken a couple of glass ones, but I've broken wood and bone ones, too. Yes, I wind the thread more times over itself before letting go, but then it holds just fine. They'r not any more likely to go renegade (jump off their tether and dash for the floor) than other bobbins. I love the sound of them and often include a couple of pairs on my pillow. Robin P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com -Original Message- From: Margot Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I use glass bobbins a lot - I like the way they tinkle as I use them - and I don't have any problem winding them. 1. I hold the beginning of the thread against the bobbin, 2. wind several times around the top, 3. then several times over the tail of the thread that I'm holding down. Now that I think about it, with glass bobbins I probably do more of 3 before I stop holding the thread against the bobbin, than I do with wooden bobbins. Seems to work for me. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] glass bobbins
In a message dated 06/11/2003 15:06:29 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I, too, use glass bobbins. My first pair was a gift, or I'd have assumed > they'd break too easily to buy any myself. In 10 years since I got my first > pair, I've broken a couple of glass ones, but I've broken wood and bone > ones, too. Yes, I wind the thread more times over itself before letting go, > but then it holds just fine. They'r not any more likely to go renegade > (jump off their tether and dash for the floor) than other bobbins. I love > the sound of them and often include a couple of pairs on my pillow. > > Robin P. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA > http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com OK - so I give in. Once I've finished the honiton which I'm going to start and finish this weekend (yes, I believe in miracles) I will start a piece and and use my two pairs of glass bobbins and become as hooked as you all are!!! Liz Regards Liz Beecher I'm http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>blogging now - see what it's all about - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] glass bobbins
In a message dated 06/11/2003 21:07:21 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I would need to rough them up a bit before I could use them, > > Merlene > Having just got over the orange and the door hinge nightmares now I've got to try to sleep with visions of Merlene 'roughing' up her bobbins. What's she going to do - hold them up at gun point and threaten them that if they don't behave the pillow is going to get it?? I can't sleep and it's all your fault Regards Liz Beecher I'm http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>blogging now - see what it's all about - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] glass bobbins
I think Phil Tuffnell makes all things glass including bobbins, I've just done a quick google and I can't find any trace of him. Maybe someone has contact details jenny barron sunny Scotland Helen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, yet another question :o) Can you tell that term's over? Anyway, I've just used the glass bobbins I got for my birthday a few weeks ago. How expensive is my new-found glass bobbin obsession likely to end up being (I'm in the UK)? And can you tell me the names of any recommended suppliers? Thanks, Helen Helen in Somerset, UK "Forget the formulae, let's make lace" -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.2/29 - Release Date: 27/06/2005 - 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] Glass Bobbins
Hi All, I bought a pair of these bobbins on ebay a few weeks ago. I found them a little chunky (diameter 3/8ths inch) and somewhat longer (5.25 inches without spangle) than the other midlands bobbins that I use - they'll be fine for me for gimp though. You may need to take this into consideration if you like your bobbins to be compatible size-wise. They were quickly despatched and very well packaged. Andrea Cambridge, UK >From: Margot Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Margot Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: ARACHNE >Subject: [lace] Glass Bobbins >Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 07:13:03 -0300 > >I too like to use glass bobbins - love the tinkling sound. I've >bought them at lace days in the UK and also from: >http://www.tuffnellglass.co.uk/Bobbins.htm > >I recently bought 3 glass bobbins on ebay and should receive them >sometime this week. There are some still listed for sale and you >can see them at: >http://stores.ebay.co.uk/KEITHS-GLASSCRAFT_W0QQssPageNameZl2QQtZkm > >Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada >Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: >http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html > >- >To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the >line: >unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN Premium gives you PC protection, junk-mail filters, advanced communication tools and great software like MSN Encarta® Premium. Click here for a FREE trial! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] glass bobbins
Tufnell appears to be the one then. Also, looking at the website, the two I've already got are from him - so the rest should feel similar enough. An added extra, the price isn't too bad to slowly work my way up to lots of glass bobbins. I had visions of them being well over £5 each! Helen At 11:29 29/06/2005, Jenny Barron wrote: I think Phil Tuffnell makes all things glass including bobbins, I've just done a quick google and I can't find any trace of him. Maybe someone has contact details jenny barron sunny Scotland Helen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, yet another question :o) Can you tell that term's over? Anyway, I've just used the glass bobbins I got for my birthday a few weeks ago. How expensive is my new-found glass bobbin obsession likely to end up being (I'm in the UK)? And can you tell me the names of any recommended suppliers? Thanks, Helen Helen in Somerset, UK "Forget the formulae, let's make lace" -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.2/29 - Release Date: 27/06/2005 - 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] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.2/29 - Release Date: 27/06/2005 Helen in Somerset, UK "Forget the formulae, let's make lace" -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.2/29 - Release Date: 27/06/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] glass bobbins
Hi Helen ! I also was smitten with the glass bobbin fever a few years ago! Like Margot, I loved the sound of the bobbins. But one day, four hit the floor at the same time and broke (can't remember the details of that disaster!) Lucky for me, the maker promised to mend any I broke, so I had them mended, and then promptly broke another one. Since then, I've been discouraged about using them, AND have pretty much moved to continental bobbins anyway. So the short answer to your question is that these bobbins aren't any more expensive than others, but they are more fragile, so the expense will be in breakage. Clay -Original Message- From: Helen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jun 29, 2005 5:36 AM To: Lace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [lace] glass bobbins Hi, yet another question :o) Can you tell that term's over? Anyway, I've just used the glass bobbins I got for my birthday a few weeks ago. How expensive is my new-found glass bobbin obsession likely to end up being (I'm in the UK)? And can you tell me the names of any recommended suppliers? Thanks, Helen Helen in Somerset, UK "Forget the formulae, let's make lace" -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.2/29 - Release Date: 27/06/2005 - 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] glass bobbins
Clay said "So the short answer to your question is that these bobbins aren't any more expensive than others, but they are more fragile, so the expense will be in breakage." But on the other hand, I have probably a dozen glass bobbins and in 25+ years have only ever broken one. That was on my pillow, inside a bag, on a table and I was leaning over to see what someone the on the other side was doing and quite without thinking about it put my hand down on the bag to keep my balance. The bobbin broke clean across. However, in the last year or so I have had a run of wooden bobbins breaking - four now, I think, so like any other tool for any craft there is a need to replace at intervals. Aren't we lucky! I'm just a little extra careful with my special bobbins, whether that special-ness is from extravagance or sentiment. Jacquie - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] glass bobbins
http://www.tuffnellglass.co.uk/ I did a google for glass lace bobbins and found his site (his name didn't find it) Malvary in Ottawa - where we have another very hot day. - Original Message - From: "Jenny Barron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Helen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:29 AM Subject: Re: [lace] glass bobbins I think Phil Tuffnell makes all things glass including bobbins, I've just done a quick google and I can't find any trace of him. Maybe someone has contact details jenny barron sunny Scotland Helen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, yet another question :o) Can you tell that term's over? Anyway, I've just used the glass bobbins I got for my birthday a few weeks ago. How expensive is my new-found glass bobbin obsession likely to end up being (I'm in the UK)? And can you tell me the names of any recommended suppliers? Thanks, Helen Helen in Somerset, UK "Forget the formulae, let's make lace" -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.2/29 - Release Date: 27/06/2005 - 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] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Glass Bobbins
Hi All, I would agree that some of the bobbins - such as the ones made by Tuffnell - are quite chunky, so I am not too keen on those. But - Malcolm Fowler makes the most delightful glass bobbins - they are slim and dainty, and with all sorts of lovely things in the bobbins - such as titanium spirals (lovely variegated blueish colours) and copper spirals (brown/gold variegated colours) as well as pot pourri, ribbon, coloured seed beads, lacey bits - you name it he'll do it! I have a small fortune's worth of his bobbins and despite their delicate looks, they are sturdy - unless you chuck them on the floor, of course! For those of you in the East Anglian area, he is coming to the Wymondham Lace Day in June 2005!!! Carol Subject: RE: [lace] Glass Bobbins > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Glass Bobbins
I have four Malcome Fowler bobbins. He told me they were made of Pyrex and that in the unlikely event that they broke, he would repair them. Mine contain pieces of my four dogs' hair - two of them are now deceased, so I love the reminder of them, but I keep them in a display cabinet. They are too precious to risk. BTW The BT man has come, and wreaked his magic, and I am back online - don't dare assume it will be forever though!! Just keeping my fingers crossed! :. Dee Palin, in the Forest of Dean to which I must apologise for decrying its technology!!! - Original Message - From: "Carol Adkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Glass Bobbins Hi All, I would agree that some of the bobbins - such as the ones made by Tuffnell - are quite chunky, so I am not too keen on those. But - Malcolm Fowler makes the most delightful glass bobbins - they are slim and dainty, and with all sorts of lovely things in the bobbins - such as titanium spirals (lovely variegated blueish colours) and copper spirals (brown/gold variegated colours) as well as pot pourri, ribbon, coloured seed beads, lacey bits - you name it he'll do it! I have a small fortune's worth of his bobbins and despite their delicate looks, they are sturdy - unless you chuck them on the floor, of course! For those of you in the East Anglian area, he is coming to the Wymondham Lace Day in June 2005!!! Carol Subject: RE: [lace] Glass Bobbins - 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] Glass Bobbins
I have some of these. I got from Allison Addicks years ago, and I am sure she said they were Malcome Fowler's...and they are Pyrex. I love them, but use only when lacing with a run under my feet!!! Fingers crossed.have not broken any. I wonder if Tracy, at The Lacmaker, still carries them. I am not current on threads and bobbins available as I have a closet full, and seldom look. BarbE - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace Arachne Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Glass Bobbins I have four Malcome Fowler bobbins. He told me they were made of Pyrex and that in the unlikely event that they broke, he would repair them. Mine contain pieces of my four dogs' hair - two of them are now deceased, so I love the reminder of them, but I keep them in a display cabinet. They are too precious to risk. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Glass Bobbins
Hello Lacefriends, I too have some glass bibbins, i got them as presents from friends or after taking a lace class. And i don't use them for lacemaking they are nice rememberings to some people for me. greetings from Hamburg in Germany where summer has arrived but still with a cold wind Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] glass bobbins
Ah, but Clay, you can get continental glass bobbins from Tom Clarke! He sells at IOLI and at Ithaca, and probably at other venues (BD) Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - > mend any I broke, so I had them mended, and then promptly broke > another one. Since then, I've been discouraged about using them, > AND have pretty much moved to continental bobbins anyway. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Glass Bobbins
Hi BarbE et al, I always have lots of Malcolm's glass bobbins on my pillow, and they are remarkably sturdy! I have in the past fifteen years or so only broken two. The first was at a Suffolk Lace Day, when a lady saw me winding them, and paused to pick one up. She promptly dropped it on a parquet floor, and it broke into three pieces - not the least bit concerned, she looked at the pieces on the floor, said "My - they don't bounce, do they!" and stomped off.I was so amazed, I didn't take off after her and deck her! However, Malcolm was at the Lace Day, and mended the bobbin - it was one with two little tiny red bobbins inside, and although there is a scorch mark where it was mended, I am still delighted with it, and use it a lot. The other breakage was my fault. You know how it is - I was coming downstairs, with lots of stuff in my arms, and too lazy to make more than one journey upstairs!I tripped coming downstairs, and fell the last three/four steps - the gear went everywhere, and the little box containing all the bobbins opened, and the bobbins went everywhere - but miraculously, only one bobbin of the four or five pairs of glass bobbins in the box broke! But that one broke into lots of little pieces, so no chance of that one being repaired. So - don't be afraid to use the bobbins - they sound lovely on a pillow, and look beautiful too. Carol - in Suffolk UK. - Original Message - From: "Barb ETx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lace Arachne" Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Glass Bobbins - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Glass Bobbins - sturdiness
The first glass bobbins I got were a gift (don't know who made them, but I've seen them for sale by Holly van Sciver). I'd never have bought them, being afraid they'd break too easily, but I wanted to use my gift so I put them on a pillow. I now have maybe a dozen glassies. When I packed to go to Arachne '98 (a grand convention of Arachneans in Nottingham, organized by Pat Hallam and Margaret Allen), I over-stuffed the bobbin box and broke two bobbins. One was wood and the other glass. Another time, I sat on my bobbin roll. It only had a few bobbins in it (whew!!!), but I broke one wood and one glass. If you drop them onto cement or other very hard flooring, they break more readily than wood or bone. Other than that, though, they seem just as sturdy. I've only broken the two glassies, but have broken other woods. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Carol Adkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I always have lots of Malcolm's glass bobbins on my pillow, and > they are remarkably sturdy! - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Glass Bobbins - sturdiness
... I've only broken the two glassies, but have broken other woods. Robin P. = Wow Robin, I didn't know bobbin lace was a contact sport! Patty - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] glass bobbins on ebay
Yes, indeed. Bill Tuffnell is still making glass bobbins among other things. He was a speaker at our lace day a few years back and had us almost crying with laughter. A real character as well as a very skilled craftsman. Patricia in Wales - 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] glass bobbins on ebay
Indeed Martin Tuffnell (Bill's son) still runs the business.He also has wonderful christmas ornaments as well and is well worth seeing. He is usually at Cranmore Park, Harrogate Lace Day and will be at Wolds Lace Day at Hessle East Yorkshire UK on the 14th November as well as usually attending the Christmas Fair at Lincoln, etc. etc. etc., Maureen East Yorkshire UK - 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] glass bobbins and aluminum ones
In a message dated 06/11/2003 13:18:55 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I have some glass bobbins and I just love them. I love the sound they make > which is a happy sound to me. I do not have any problems in winding them. I > just wrap over the tail a few times and then just wind. I have found that for > me I don't usually make a hitch on the place where you are suppose to make > it but instead right there the thread is wound. It hold better for me. I do > that with all my bobbins no matter what kind they are. Sherry, I don't hitch anywhere but on the main part of the thread - I've always done that (always been a bit of a rebel!!!) but still the thread gently comes off the bobbin. Must just be me. The aluminium ones that your hubby made you must be quite light - I was wondering do they ever leave a black deposit which can happen with foil? Regards Liz Beecher I'm http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>blogging now - see what it's all about - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] glass bobbins and aluminum ones
HI Liz and others, I believe I hitch my bobbins just like you do. I hitch them where I wind the thread. Holds fine for me and usually I don't have a tough time getting the thread to unwind when I need more, but sometimes I do. When that happens I just get my trust pin out and pick up where it is hitched on the neck of the bobbin...unwind and then tighten the hitch again. As far my aluminum bobbins go that my husband has made me I have had no problem with them. The aluminum that my husband makes the bobbins out of is company stock. Might be left over or something, but they are nice and they are as light as my other bobbins. Some time I will get a scan of them and put a picture of them up on my website for others to see.And they do not leave any marks that I have ever seen...though truth to be told I can pretty much count on my fingers...okay maybe toes too how many bobbinlace things I have made. Sherry [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Glass Bobbins on ebay - Diane Miller?
Hello Jean, It's just the box that has a Brian and Diane Miller 'label' in it. Diane painted bone bobbins and miniature paintings but Brian made a variety of items, pen holders, paperweights etc where he encapsulated leaves, flowers, even dandelion clocks in some sort of clear acrylic. They were sold in good quality presentation boxes and the Millers took great care about displaying the item. These glass bobbins are just in the box for safe keeping, I should think. I've got a couple of their boxes but what's in them now was made by me. Liz Pass Poole, Dorset - 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] Glass Bobbins on ebay - Diane Miller?
At 07:49 PM 29/10/2009, Jean Nathan wrote: There are some glass bobbins for sale on ebay described as "a boxed set of eight quality all glass bobbins". Nice to look at but no good for silk. Even the best hitch tends to slip on glass in my experience David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
