And look at how few pins are needed!
Jenny B
Kununurra
Sue Babbs wrote:
http://www.dentellieres.com/Musee/Cogne/cogne2.htm
And if you look at the lace on the bolster pillow, they have no
pricking and are just working freehand torchon lace with pins only on
the outside edge, with impressive
http://www.dentellieres.com/Musee/Cogne/cogne2.htm
And if you look at the lace on the bolster pillow, they have no pricking and
are just working freehand torchon lace with pins only on the outside edge,
with impressive tension!
Sue Babbs
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I guess much depends on how exact you want your bobbins to stay in order, or
don't mind to untwist a few. On the "details" of the congne page you see how
they don't mind too much. I saw them working this way. They just touch the
bobbins looking at their work to see which thread moves and thus know
Other thing used are little nylon bags full of holes, with a ribbon on
the top that slips inside a plastic piece. When you press the button of
the plastic piece, pulling the ribbon at the same time, the bag closes,
(difficult to explain for me in English). These bags come into soap
powder box
David in Ballarat wrote:
I have to say I've often wondering just how Continental bobbins are
kept in any sort of order without any spangles to thread on things.-
Other things used with continentals are:
knitted/crocheted strips with holes to poke the bobbin bottoms through
ribbon wrapp
Dear Clay,
Not everyone works with spangled bobbins. I have to say, those
spangles come in handy for keeping the bobbins in order, but I
rarely use this kind of bobbin. Continental bobbins present their
own set of "challenges". My favorite system (which I have not come
even *close* to maste
David in Ballarat wrote:
I've tried that and it didn't work for me.
I did try that method where I threaded a hundred or so onto one long
piece of electric wire, but they didn't come off easily enough.
--
An option I find useful with spangled bobbins is a short (maybe 6"/15cm) cord
wit
On 8 Mar 2009, at 16:04, Clay Blackwell wrote:
My favorite system (which I have not come even *close* to
mastering...) is when those huge 12" pins are used to scoop up 6 -
8 bobbins at a time and stack them vertically in front of another
set...
That's what gave me the idea of using hat pi
I've been told that one of the things that separates *really* good
lacemakers from *merely* good lacemakers is their ability to manage huge
numbers of bobbins. And to a small extent, this can't be learned from a
book or from a set of rules... every piece which requires hundreds of
bobbins has
To: Margot Walker; ARACHNE
Subject: Re: [lace] Miss Channer receives a Proposal
>Dear Margot,
I've tried that and it didn't work for me.
What I've made are like giant safety pins - 2 from each plastic
coated coat hanger cut in half. Each of these will hold about 32
bobbins,
Dear Margot,
I've tried that and it didn't work for me.
What I've made are like giant safety pins - 2 from each plastic
coated coat hanger cut in half. Each of these will hold about 32
bobbins, but we are talking close to 400 bobbins here.
I did try that method where I threaded a hundred or
ne.com
> Subject: RE: [lace] Miss Channer receives a Proposal
> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 21:46:25 +
>
> Sounds like a great idea David, so come on all you folk who have been brave
> enough to tackle it lets see how much variation in techniques have been
> achieved.
>
> Sue M Harvey
Sounds like a great idea David, so come on all you folk who have been brave
enough to tackle it lets see how much variation in techniques have been
achieved.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
Where I have been to our laceday today and bought some absolutely lovely
imitation silk threads in beautiful colour
On 7 Mar 2009, at 07:51, David in Ballarat wrote:
I am currently at about the half way mark with Miss Channer and
finding the going quite tough. Not the stitches themselves - the
tediousness comes in managing the sheer number of bobbins, which
are all indeed necessary. I now have the maximum
Dear Friends,
Firstly I would personally like to thank Julian for the wonderful job
he is doing maintaining that website whereon he posts my photos.
I am currently at about the half way mark with Miss Channer and
finding the going quite tough. Not the stitches themselves - the
tediousness com
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