[lace] Questions for those who use bobbins

I've used continental bobbins for Bruges, but, probably because I'm not as dexterous as most found them difficult to handle and also the threads untwisted as they rolled about. The spangles on Midland bobbins stop them from rolling and I also pick up and move bobbins by the spangles because that's

Re: [lace] Questions for those who use bobbins

I'm tempted to print this phrase out and put it on my wall. Thanks Jean, it's one of the reason I love lace making L Kind Regards Liz Baker > On 19 Apr 2015, at 08:00, Jean Nathan wrote: > > After all, there are no lace police. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing

RE: [lace] Questions for those who use bobbins

The booklet is available on the Springett's website for £3.50 plus p/p: www.cdspringett.co.uk/acatalog/Lacemaking_Books.html I was at the lace fair at Haydock Park yesterday, and bought Christine's latest pattern. It is huge, will need to retire to get time to do this. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton

Re: [lace] Questions for those who use bobbins

The trouble is there are a few people around who think they are the lace police! (just a gentle joke but I'm sure most of you have met one at some time) RegardsHazel Smith     > On 19 Apr 2015, at 08:00, Jean Nathan wrote: > > After all, there are no lace police. - To unsubscribe send ema

Re: [lace] Questions for those who use bobbins

Yes we would all prefer you were happy and making lace which ever way you can. Long may it continue. There are many of us out in the world of lace who have to choose the best way we can do something and not worry about it not being the correct way. Just loving lace and lacemaking and makin

[lace] The lace police

Hi all I meant to send this little comment to the list but my e-mail didn't work the way I thought it did. (sorry Jean and Liz you'll have had the message twice). Jean Nathan commented that "there are no lace police". My response is there are certainly some people who think they are the lace pol

Re: [lace] Questions for those who use bobbins

Metallics do present their own kinds of challenges, most annoying of which is throwing their hitches and running away! Several ways have been suggested to prevent this. One is to get a fat drinking straw the next time you're in a restaurant that has them. Cut sections of the straw roughly the

Re: [lace] Questions for those who use bobbins

One is to get a fat drinking straw the next time you're in a restaurant that has them. Cut sections of the straw roughly the size of the neck, and then slice the straw open from top to bottom. The straw can then be slipped over the neck and thread and hitch, and keep it under control. i have tho

[lace] bobbin weight

Hi Jenny I thoroughly agree with you. The spangle adds weight without width (useful if you are working with many bobbins) and it also reduces the tendency for bobbin to roll which is a nuisance when the bobbin will not stay in place and causes the twist on the thread to change. As you say, a slig

Re: [lace] bobbin weight

If the spangled bobbins gave the better tension when learning a new form, that may explain why most new Lacemakers often over spangle and end ip with a very hearing Spangling at the start. Kind Regards Liz Baker > On 19 Apr 2015, at 17:37, Alex Stillwell wrote: > > By the end of the day the

[lace] Lace Police

"After all,there are no lace police" I'd like to put that on a pin cushion on my pillow on my cover cloth to remind those who think they are lace police! LOL Liz in Missouri, USA where it is cool, windy and damp. I love days like this because it makes me want to cozy up somewhere with a good b

[lace] Metallic threads

Clay wrote:Have fun!  I enjoyed working a large s'Gravensmore  shawl with metallic accents! I used a metallic thread in a bobbin lace shawl and I found it very scratchy when I wore it that it now languishes in a drawer.  Just a word of warning. Janice Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, 60 miles north

[lace] (Lace) Lace Police

Can I add Lace Snobs to the No Lace Police?? Lacemaking is for the enjoyment, not to have lacemakers sneering that you are doing Torchon!! I rest my case. Good for you Jean, that you make lace by holding the spangles on the bobbins. After nearly losing my life two years ago and having a pacemaker

Re: [lace] Metallic threads

I suppose that what kind of metallic you use is important! I bought a "Kit" of threads from Lacy Susan when Susan Wenzel still owned the company. She had found a lovely metallic that was not all scratchy! Clay Sent from my iPad > On Apr 19, 2015, at 1:37 PM, Janice Blair wrote: > > Clay wr

Re: [lace] Metallic threads

Wish I had known.  My thread seemed soft before I used it. Janice Blair Murrieta, CA, 60 miles north of San Diego www.jblace.com www.lacemakersofillinois.org On Sunday, April 19, 2015 1:24 PM, Clay Blackwell wrote: I suppose that what kind of metallic you use is important!  I bought a

RE: [lace] Metallic threads

How about lining it with a silk-like fabric, Janice? And there's got to be a poem about lace police and lace snobs lurking in my head somewhere! Noelene at The Angle Where the weather has decided to bypass Autumn and go straight to winter noel...@lafferty.com.au I used a metallic thread in a bo

[lace] Questions, bobbins

Jenny The wooden part of a midlands bobbin is quite small and very light weight. I think the spangle ring and its beads may be necessary to give sufficient weight. Antique "thumpers", a alternate midlands style, are much thicker and don't have a spangle right. European bobbins are different weight