RE: [lace] keeping the bobbins safe and in order.

2011-12-11 Thread Lorri Ferguson
A friend (Sharon H) thought of and and now we both use 'Notebook Rings from the office supply store/section.These are hinged rings that are 'meant' to be used with hole punched paper. They are also used in one 'brand' of thread sort store system here in the USA. They come in different sizes and

Re: [lace] keeping the bobbins safe and in order.

2011-12-11 Thread J D Hammett
Hi Arachnids, Thank you very much for all your contributions to this thread. Just one more thing, I usually use cover-cloths or draughters to protect my bobbins after tying them with stitch holders and knicker elastic (cotton covered elastic). However, I know of 2 ladies who tie their bobbins

Re: [lace] keeping the bobbins safe and in order.

2011-12-11 Thread bev walker
This idea brings to mind light-duty caribiners, as potential holders. On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Lorri Ferguson lorri...@msn.com wrote: A friend (Sharon H) thought of and and now we both use 'Notebook Rings from the office supply store/section.These are hinged rings that are 'meant' to

Re: [lace] keeping the bobbins safe and in order.

2011-12-11 Thread The Lace Bee
December 2011, 22:44 Subject: Re: [lace] keeping the bobbins safe and in order. This idea brings to mind light-duty caribiners, as potential holders. On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Lorri Ferguson lorri...@msn.com wrote: A friend (Sharon H) thought of and and now we both use 'Notebook Rings from

RE: [lace] keeping the bobbins safe and in order.

2011-12-09 Thread malvaryj
I like the wooden ones, but ones which are wider than tne tongue depressor width. I made some from the wooden stir sticks that come with a tin of paint. They work very well and are quite sturdy - I cut them on half, cut out 2 notches at one end and drilled some holes for the elastic. I was quite