there is an older woman whose son owns the local lumber store and he
mentioned to me that she owned a bobbin winder when i was buying wood
for mine, so i assume she is an able bodied lace maker if she is not
too far into her elderly years. i think i will slip in there with some
baked cookies or a
sorry! i read the email without thinking. you were talking about
winding the bobbins. i am definity going to use this, so i will
practicing it tonight. i really want to get some winding done. i'll
bet it takes no time by rolling the string up or down the leg. it
was working great with the
i have another book on cluny lace that has 2 methods of doing picots,
but one is the same way i have been doing it, and they both suck.
excuse my slang, but its true. i tried for an hour last night doing
the other and it was even worse. the picot pattern i orginally started
out with works the
Yes, you use one string on the bottom of the bobbin to
wind the thread on the top of the bobbin.But the
best way to see how it works is (at first) to forget
about the thread at the top and get the feel for how
the string can make the bobbin spin.
I don't remember where you live but next time
i'm about to cheat altogether and just twist the thread 6 or 10 times
which ever brings me the most correct size loop and then half stitch
them in and continue with my plait. i'll have to see what that looks
like. i did about 1 and a half more inches and about 10 more picots,
and they look like
do you mean that there are two different strings attached, one at the
bottom of the bobbin and one at the top? the string method would be
much better because the amount you of thread put on the bobbin per spin
would be more on such a small thread than on a wide dowel or even the
smallest dowel.
the thread is size 50 and it isn't the twisting that is the problem.
it is the thread slipping out of place which would stop if it were
twisted. instead of leaving bare thread i am going to try to just
twist it 6 times and then do a half stitch. it can't come undone with
that method. i've done
i think it is better to go by what you think looks better on the picots
because i don't like the way these look. they are done correctly, and
they look like the ones in the book, so i followed the directions
correctly, but i would prefer something different. i'd like to know
where to buy picot
