What Agnes says about her larger bobbins is true. I used a couple of
pairs of Mike's Longshanks for gimps (Perle 5) and you can get
quite a lot on them!! Not sure that they would hold too much if it
were 5ply wool or similar tho...
Before I started buying bobbins I made some from skewers
My husband actually makes double shank midland bobbins, i.e. 4cm long
rather than the more usual 2cm.
He did this firstly for myself to be able to have worker pairs that
needed a lot of thread for larger projects as I hate having to bring in
a new thread. I suppose they could also serve for
Hello Tamara
There's an article about big bobbins on Jane Atkinson's website
http://www.lace.nildram.co.uk/html/articles.htm
I have about 100-120 (never really counted them) of the 'Large
Continentals' imported by Tim Parker. 2nd left in the pic on Jane's
website. If I need still more then
On 3/31/07, Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a question for those of you who have made things like Bobbin
Lace scarves and belts/sashes. Since the thread/yarn for those is
likely to be thicker than usual, did you use bobbins that are larger
than normal, or did you just re-fill
Hello one and all
Further to what Janice was saying about dowels. A lacemaker at a
laceday I was at recently had bobbins made out of thickish dowelling. Her
husband had turned the necks I believe it was. The lady in question was
doing a picture with different yarns of many
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Subject: [lace] lace large bobbins
Hello one and all
Further to what Janice was saying about dowels. A lacemaker
at a
laceday I was at recently had bobbins made out
Gentle Spiders,
This is a question for those of you who have made things like Bobbin
Lace scarves and belts/sashes. Since the thread/yarn for those is
likely to be thicker than usual, did you use bobbins that are larger
than normal, or did you just re-fill your everyday bobbins more
When I did my tape lace wall hanging in heavy, slubbed weaving linen, I used
tapestry bobbins which I purchased from Ashfords, a New Zealand company who
have an agent close to Cooma. They are about 7 inches long and look
somewhat like an overgrown Honiton bobbin, with a longer neck and more
On 3/31/07, Tamara P Duvall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a question for those of you who have made things like Bobbin
Lace scarves and belts/sashes. Since the thread/yarn for those is
likely to be thicker than usual, did you use bobbins that are larger
than normal, or did you just re-fill
Weronika
I have some large Danish bobbins, about 5 inches long. They are intended
for use with thicker than usual threads. They might not break fine thread,
but they are clunky and one would normally not want to use them unless
necessary. They seem to work with pearl cotton size 8 or thicker,
If they're all-wood with a ring a glass seed beads, they're not all that
heavy. I doubt you need to worry about the weight unless you're getting
into finer than frog hair threads (like greater than 180/2). However,
having bobbins of different lengths might bother you while making lace. It
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From: Dorte Zielke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Weronika Patena [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] large bobbins
Hi again Weronika
this kind of bobbins, are they like a long drop? if so it is what we use
normaly, from very fine
I'm looking at Danish bobbins on eBay, and I found one seller who has a lot
(marine*corps). Most of them are about 5 long though. Are such large bobbins
very different to use from normal ones? Would they break thread, and what size
would be safe to use them with?
Weronika
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