It looks like we're getting to him/her!!
The seller is now saying he/she is having doubts about it being a lace
bobbin, and has given two enquiries to that effect. Hasn't published mine (or
Amanda's, I don't think) and has changed the story from 'selling it for someone
else' to 'bought it at a
Hi Clay and everyone
> I do enjoy seeing some of the strange things people associate with lace.
This is a "bobbin" which someone may have spangled after deciding it was a
bobbin... or it may have actually been used by a lacemaker (who was being
resourceful?) But it clearly wasn't originally made a
YES! I think it's that too. I remember our scratch pens we were forced to
use in 4th grade and they looked much like that much simpler of course.
There was a cork "doughnut" around the "spangle" end of the "bobbin" and the
metal nibs fit into the doughnut. I NEVER got the hang of making the darn
pe
I do enjoy seeing some of the strange things people associate with lace.
This is a "bobbin" which someone may have spangled after deciding it was a
bobbin... or it may have actually been used by a lacemaker (who was being
resourceful?) But it clearly wasn't originally made as a bobbin... so what
I took a good look at your 'bobbin' . I think it may have been used in
embrodery, when the stitcher doesn't a picture drawn and the fabric is
really goiing to show any markings. One of my grandma's had one in her
sewing box. She said she used it to stuff some of her embrodery. I'm sure
t
Clay, I think it must have once been the handle to something as the
"spangle" end looks like it went into something. A stick base for a fan or a
doll's parasol? In any case is sure is strange!
Trish in sunny West Virginia
> I do enjoy seeing some of the strange things people associate with lace.
(snip)
> > A brass pin would lend
> > strength to the relatively fragile part, like steel rebar in pre-stressed
> > concrete. If the pin were recessed into the head to produce a smooth
> > surface, you wouldn't even notice it was there, except that your bobbins
> > wouldn't break at the head.
> >
