"Bev wrote: The bobbin next to it, England? is a LeGrande bobbin from
Canada, Vancouver BC to be precise. The design was copiously made by Mr.
LeGrande for some years. "
When I first started making lace (early 1980"s), these bobbins were the
first ones that I bought in any quantity. I'd order several dozen pairs
($2.50 per dozen in those days) and we'd share them out among our little
group. I found them very good, but they are a bit big and when I started
needing more bobbins on my pillow, I wrote to Mr. LeGrande and asked if he
could make me some smaller ones. The first ones he made were 6 pairs in
Lignum Vitae and they were sort of like honiton bobbins, but not with a
single head. They were pointed at the bottom and not drilled. It took me
hours to drill the hole using a pin vice with a tiny drill bit - I didn't
know until after that Lignum vitae is one of the hardest woods! I then
bought many more smaller bobbins from Mr. LeGrande and still have them on my
pillow today. I keep the big ones for when I need a whole pile of thread - I
used them when I made my curtain and was needing copious amounts of thread
on the bobbins.
Malvary in Ottawa where it is quite cold today, but supposed to be up to
+10c over the weekend, but down to -1 on Monday with _now flurries (can't
bear to say the 's' word quite yet).
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