[lace] Another group of lace bobbins on ebay
There's anther lot of lace bobbins on ebay. More feasible as such that the previous lot, but they're not for bobbin lacemaking. They could be for another type of lacemaking, if so, what? To me they look more like elaborate toggle buttons found on duffle coats for instance. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-Wooden-lace-bobbins-craft-/261412981449?pt=UK_Cra fts_Lace_Making_EThash=item3cdd6d8ac9 http://tinyurl.com/ndexmf5 Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Another group of lace bobbins on ebay
I think that they are handles to use with plastic supermarket bags. I've seen these for sale by bobbin turners at lace fairs L Kind Regards Liz Baker On 3 Mar 2014, at 07:58, Jean Nathan jean...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: There's anther lot of lace bobbins on ebay. More feasible as such that the previous lot, but they're not for bobbin lacemaking. They could be for another type of lacemaking, if so, what? To me they look more like elaborate toggle buttons found on duffle coats for instance. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-Wooden-lace-bobbins-craft-/261412981449?pt=UK_Cra fts_Lace_Making_EThash=item3cdd6d8ac9 http://tinyurl.com/ndexmf5 Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Another group of lace bobbins on ebay
Hi Arachnids, I agree with Liz and have just emailed the vendor to that effect. Happy lace making, Joepie, East Sussex where the sun is shining at the moment (more rain forecast :-(. I think that they are handles to use with plastic supermarket bags. I've seen these for sale by bobbin turners at lace fairs L Kind Regards Liz Baker On 3 Mar 2014, at 07:58, Jean Nathan jean...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: There's anther lot of lace bobbins on ebay. More feasible as such that the previous lot, but they're not for bobbin lacemaking. They could be for another type of lacemaking, if so, what? To me they look more like elaborate toggle buttons found on duffle coats for instance. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-Wooden-lace-bobbins-craft-/261412981449?pt=UK_Cra fts_Lace_Making_EThash=item3cdd6d8ac9 http://tinyurl.com/ndexmf5 Jean Nathan in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Bobbins on eBay
Hi everyone, A little while ago someone on Arachne asked about Binche bobbins. In sorting through some of my -extensive- bobbin collection I came accross some packs of new Binche bobbins. They were bought a while ago for my own use but I use the slightly heavier Duchesse bobbins. I have posted them as well as a small pack of Beverse bobbins on eBay.www.ebay.co.uk/270783348603 is one lot but there are several. They are new and surplus to requirement. As I was unsure of posting this on Arachne I have asked permission from Avital to mention this. She kindly allowed this as they are a 'one off'. Furthermore, I would like to say how much I enjoy following the different threads discussed on Arachne. Only one problem; sometimes lace making time is taken up by this so less lace is being made. Also, I want to say a big THANK YOU to Noelene Lafferty for generously allowing me to use her lovely LACE orientated poems to raise some money for our local hospice. We have collected £60 so far (about $90) with more to come. Lastly a very big THANK YOU to the people who 'run' Arachne and put in a great deal of work to keep it going; without that it would go the way of a number of organisations at present and fold due to lack people at the helm. Happy lace making, Joepie, East Sussex, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Springett lace bobbins on ebay
In the last few minutes Christine and David Springett have started listing their bobbins on ebay under Crafts/Lacemaking/Bobbins or search for Springett. The first four are there and bidding starts at 99 pence. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
[lace] bobbins on ebay
Hi everybody, Here's a nice collection of bobbins on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/LARGE-19thc-COLLECTION-TREEN-BONE-IVORY-LACE-BOBBINS_W0QQ itemZ8283767587QQcategoryZ112535QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Item # 8283767587 They are going for a nice price, Irene Surrey, BC - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] bobbins on ebay
And 39 of them are described as bone/ivory. I've just got home from Upchurch lace Day where David Springett was the speaker and he said that in all of his experience he's only seen ONE antique bobbin that was made of ivory! Maybe that's why they are attracting such a nice price. Looks like a genuine collection of old bobbins but nothing spectacular. Pity the photos were taken at such an acute angle - impossible to see exactly what's in the lot, but an average of more than 10 GBP per bobbin does seem a bit steep. A VERY RARE CHANCE TO BUY A LARGE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE LACE BOBBINS TO INCLUDE 39 BONE / IVORY EXAMPLES ALL WITH THERE BEADS AND 56 TREEN EXAMPLES ALSO WITH ALL THERE BEADS PLEASE DO NOT NOT TO MANY QUESTIONS REGARD TO THIS LOT MY KNOWLEDGE IS LIMITED ALL I CAN SAY THERE ARE FROM A GENUINE HOUSE CLEARANCE AND TOTALLY GENUINE VERY RARE CHANCE. Brenda On 13 May 2006, at 14:24, Whitham wrote: Hi everybody, Here's a nice collection of bobbins on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/LARGE-19thc-COLLECTION-TREEN-BONE-IVORY-LACE- BOBBINS_W0QQ itemZ8283767587QQcategoryZ112535QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Item # 8283767587 They are going for a nice price, Irene Surrey, BC - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] bobbins on ebay
Brenda wrote: Looks like a genuine collection of old bobbins but nothing spectacular. Pity the photos were taken at such an acute angle - impossible to see exactly what's in the lot, but an average of more than 10 GBP per bobbin does seem a bit steep. Couldn't agree more - it in my opinion. There's nothing that looks particularly special. I'd say the 56 wooden ones would be one to three GBP each - maximum 100 pounds the lot. Remember that on one of the antques programmes, they couldn't even get one pound each for old wooden bobbins. Then the bone ones - about a dozen would fetch ten to fifteen pounds each, a few maybe twenty pounds - say 200 - 250 pounds. The remaining two dozen about 5 pounds each on a very good day - another 120 pounds. That's 420 - 470 pounds maximum I'd say. But the final price was over one thousand pounds - definitely wouldn't have thought they were worth that. What a good day the seller had! Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] bobbins on ebay
For anyone who *needs* more bobbins there are some on Ebay with more promised http://tinyurl.com/jh33u Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Bobbins on eBay
Hi All, There was a report of some of Margaret Wall's bobbins on eBay several days ago, and there are now some more of Heather Power's painted bobbins - one of the numbers is 8191313136 - the others are the two just above it. The bobbins are made by Stuart Johnson and painted by Heather - and I did wonder whether the seller was, in fact, Heather - the sellers ID is Heather . and the location is Oxford, so the mind was ticking! But - they are beautiful, and the 'Buy it Now' prices seem very reasonable - lovely additions to anyone's collection, so if anyone bids, Good Luck. Carol - in Suffolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Strange lace bobbins on ebay
They're listed as lace making bobbins, they've got thread wound on them and they could be used as lace bobbins. But if they are lace bobbins, where do they come from? If they're not, what are they? The only impression of scale is the thread. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3264779125category=114 or search for item number 3264779125 Jean in Poole - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Strange lace bobbins on ebay
They're listed as lace making bobbins, they've got thread wound on them and they could be used as lace bobbins. But if they are lace bobbins, where do they come from? If they're not, what are they? The only impression of scale is the thread. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3264779125 Hi all I've never seen these particular bobbins before, but they do remind me of some baffling objects that I saw at a lace conference in the Pacific Northwest a few years ago. I asked around to find out what they were, and had trouble believing the story. What I was told had happened was that a woodturner had found out about the market for bobbins, and was trying to provide a supply but didn't know very much about lacemaking - or about bobbins, for that matter. Therefore, when he saw a normal continental bobbin, what he saw was a 4 long stick that went thick, thin, thick, thin, thick ... and that's pretty much what he made, with the thick bits all the same size and length and evenly distributed along the length. Most of us who saw them had no idea what they were for until we were told. Needless to say, they didn't sell very well. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Strange lace bobbins on ebay
Dear Lacemakers, (snip) a woodturner had found out about the market for bobbins, and was trying to provide a supply but didn't know very much about lacemaking - or about bobbins, for that matter. Yes! Some years ago, an old friend kindly sent me some bobbins as a present. Although we're very old friends, we live a long way apart and rarely see each other in person. My friend had only seen my lace pillow once, quite briefly, and I think the craftsman who made the bobbins was in the same position as the woodturner above. Mine look more like lace bobbins than the ebay ones, but are much too big - perhaps he was working from a picture? They've gone into my collection of curios, until I think of a use for them. Best wishes for 2004, from Linda Walton, in dull, damp High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Strange lace bobbins on ebay
I believe that in Parham House there is a picture by Joshuah Reynolds of a Kangaroo. The only trouble is that no one had seen a live kangaroo. So it was painted from the skeleton and the skin. It looks like a big mouse with too big a feet. Just thought of that from what you said! Liz Linda Walton wrote: Yes! Some years ago, an old friend kindly sent me some bobbins as a present. Although we're very old friends, we live a long way apart and rarely see each other in person. My friend had only seen my lace pillow once, quite briefly, and I think the craftsman who made the bobbins was in the same position as the woodturner above. Mine look more like lace bobbins than the ebay ones, but are much too big - perhaps he was working from a picture? They've gone into my collection of curios, until I think of a use for them. Best wishes for 2004, from Linda Walton, - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Ancient lace bobbins on ebay
From watching too many antique roadshows as a child I believe that they now define antique as over 100 years and 50 - 100 as collectable Liz -- Subj:Re: [lace] Re: Ancient lace bobbins on ebay Date:Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:33:23 pm GMT From:Barron [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:Arachne lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:Barron [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent from the Internet (Details) Well, 1950s qualifies as antique (greater than 50 years old), and that's after I was born! I thought antique was defined as over 100 years old? jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace] Re: Ancient lace bobbins on ebay
From: Tamara P. Duvall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] They're not old, vintage or antique, but Ancient turned wood lace pillow bobbin. After nearly a week of living with people of 4 generations I've learnt that what's ancient to one person, is my (teen) mother to another... Applies, in spades, to the shown bobbin (#42) g Well, 1950s qualifies as antique (greater than 50 years old), and that's after I was born! I have pondered the need for another term for the stuff I'm looking for (pre-1900s) and I can sympathise with the person using ancient instead of antique. Robin P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Ancient lace bobbins on ebay
Well, 1950s qualifies as antique (greater than 50 years old), and that's after I was born! I thought antique was defined as over 100 years old? jenny barron Scotland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Ancient lace bobbins on ebay
Chuckle.Jenny, I am getting terribly close to that one, too ;-D))) BarbE USA snip... I thought antique was defined as over 100 years old? jenny barron - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: Ancient lace bobbins on ebay
Barron a gazouillé à ÒRe: [lace] Re: Ancient lace bobbins on ebayÓ. [2003/08/21 00:33] Well, 1950s qualifies as antique (greater than 50 years old), and that's after I was born! arrgh! that's the year i was born i thought middle age was bad enough but *antique* ;-D dominique from paris .. it's cooler but not cool enough for me ! ... - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: Ancient lace bobbins on ebay
On Tuesday, Aug 19, 2003, at 04:30 US/Eastern, Jean Nathan wrote: A seller on ebay is selling 42 bobbins as separate lots on ebay. They're not old, vintage or antique, but Ancient turned wood lace pillow bobbin. After nearly a week of living with people of 4 generations (DH's 79, I'm 53+, my step-daughter in-law is barely 40, her children range 6-12), I've learnt that what's ancient to one person, is my (teen) mother to another... Applies, in spades, to the shown bobbin (#42) g - Tamara P Duvall mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Lexington, Virginia, USA Formerly of Warsaw, Poland - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
