Alice-May Bullock mentions thumpers etc., in her book Lace And Lace making.
Though I doubt the research was her own, only repeating from other sources.
Diana in Northants
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I had already mentioned the Huetson book in an earlier post on Tuesday,
when I compared what he said to Alex's different take on it, and neither of
them are the reference I am thinking of. One of my books is far more
particular about the different types of unspangled, bulbous Midlands bobbins.
With my Honiton bobbins I am handling this thread from Bart & Francis' 240/2
cotton. Why should they be shorter. They must be slim that's enough. Such tiny
bobbins are for decoration purposes not to work with in my opinion. It wouldn't
be comfortable to do so.
Ilske
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I have about 500 Binche bobbins that I bought from Holly, and they are
smaller than the "usual" Binche bobbins... but not by much. Still, I
love working with these bobbins when I'm doing a large Binche project.
I'm not sure my fingers could cope with anything smaller than the 3 3/8"
"fine" B
I have some very tiny Valenciennes bobbins, only two and a quarter inches
long. It makes sense that when you have very fine thread and hundreds of
pairs that you might have smaller bobbins. As Clay knows, bobbin management is
a big part of doing elaborate Binche. If you had bobbins half the s
Sorry Clay my reply was meant for the list.
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From: "Diana Smith"
To: "Clay Blackwell"
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] Spangled Bobbins
>I think many of us have heard that these
were "travel" bo
Jacquie, is the book you're referring to "Lace and Bobbins" by T.L.
Heutson? I've just pulled my copy off the shelf, and have discovered
two interesting statements...
First, he refers to, "... some wooden bobbins which did not have any
spangles. These were called 'dumps' and they are smaller
"Thumpers
I had thought that these were used for Downton rather than traditional
Bucks"
No, Downton has its own specific bobbins. Thumpers are often called Bucks
thumpers. Just wish I could work out which book it is that itemises all the
different bobbins of this similar style, and which onl
Thumpers
I had thought that these were used for Downton rather than traditional Bucks.
Jan
JanM in Brisbane
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I always thought that the fatter unspangled bobbins were used for hand-made
Bucks Point and that Bedfordshire lace was introduced as being faster, and
therefore able to compete for business, when machine-made lace became
readily available. I'm sure I've seen it mentioned that the slimmer Midland
ace...
Nancy
Connecticut, USA
From: Sue <2harv...@tiscali.co.uk>
To: Alex Stillwell
; brid...@bigpond.com
Cc: Arachne reply
Sent: Mon, October 18, 2010 9:33:14 AM
Subject: RE: [lace]
Spangled bobbins
I have a couple of the old Midland bobbins with bulbous ends
and wh
I have a couple of the old Midland bobbins with bulbous ends and when I
bought them from Ebay they were listed as "Bucks Thumpers" and have always
called them by that name, has anyone else heard them called that? Have
uploaded a picture on my webshots site harvey 0541 if you want a peek.
Sue M Ha
Hi Brian
I found your comments on spangles bobbins fascinating and agree with your
comments. Bucks point is my speciality and over the last 30++ years I have
tried many other types of lace, pillows and bobbins. I have come to the
conclusion that the bobbins and pillows evolved together and, if you
Could it be that spangles were added to bobbins to make them a little
heavier for when Bedfordshire lace was made in its coarser version, as
opposed to Buckinghamshire and the finer Bedfordshire made with more
delicate threads?
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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