Hi Lynn, We all probably have pieces that look similar to yours. When you are starting a piece of sample lace, there are probably two pairs of bobbins hanging over the pin at each pinhole, unless they are passives (ones that just hang down and are worked through). What you must remember to do is hang them on rainbow style over the pin and then give the two bobbins on, say the left side of the pin, at least one twist. This will tie them together. If you are making something that will eventually meet up with your beginning you should do more twists which will keep the pinhole open more to make it easier to sew your ending threads into the hole. Regards winding bobbins into pairs. I have always wound the first yard or whatever measurement I am using onto one bobbin, then pulled off the next yard ot whatever from the spool, cutting it, and started winding up from the cut end onto another bobbin. I have never seen the point of winding it all onto one bobbin and then back again. Just my preference but I have other things to do that rewind the same thread twice, such as making the lace! I even heard one teacher telling her student to wind off two yards from the spool, cut it, find the middle and mark it with a small clothespin, then wind up each end onto the bobbins. Now that is a tangle waiting to happen, especially when winding yards and yards of thread!! Also if you are gentle on your tensioning at the sewing side (footside) of the lace it will tend to curve less when you take it off the pillow. Good luck with more samples and happy lacing, Janice
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