I had my notes on the Mat all written up, and ... poof.gone. I'll try to
recap it.
Bobbins. The story I heard was 500 bobbins. I wound 270 pair (540). I used
them all, since they were wound. Some more than once. I like fairly solid
cloth stitch so added in lots and had to throw them
I had a look back in Arachne Lace Archives and there are several (many)
references to this subject.
One item says - 200+ pairs of bobbins.
Another, and this is copied and quoted from 2004 "Drum roll! After 2 years,
9 months Over 1000 hours 500+ bobbins More pins than you can shake a stick
I have made the mat in white thread. Here are my answers to your questions.
1. I was putting in and taking out pairs of bobbins all along the way so I
didn't get a whole number count for the number of bobbins used in all. It will
also depend on the size of thread you use and the tension on your
Dear Brian
I am no expert in copyright but am very interested in the subject. Common
sense tells me that the museum can only copyright photographs of objects in
their collection that they took/commissioned themselves, and not the
historical objects themselves that are clearly in the public
Sorry to answer two questions at once!
Here is the URL for webdocs which is where I publish all my work except
articles that are published in Lace Journals or other media outlets.
https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/webdocs.html
The Dictionary which has a section on Honitons etc
