Dear All
I have received an email from Leigh C. Eckmair, Historian/Archivist of the The
Gilbertsville Free Library in NY with an image of a small piece of turned wood
which she thinks may be a lace bobbin.
I have posted the image to
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/IDquery.htm
Hello Brenda and everyone
I agree, it is too long for a bobbin. I think it had a decorative use.
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Brenda Paternoster
paternos...@appleshack.com wrote:
Personally I think it's too long to be the shank of a bobbin with the head
broken off - assuming that the
I'm in complete agreement with you, Brenda. The size would have been
right for the head or foot board of a doll house bed, 1/12 scale.
Clay
Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA, USA
I have posted the image to
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/IDquery.htm Personally I
think it's too
I used to use Honiton bobbins with flat heads. At the time I noticed no
round shaped heads of those bobbins. Which may say more about my
perception than the bobbins, or their suppliers...
I notice that many suppliers these days carry bobbins with heads in the
shape of a sphere. I wonder what
Manuela Condrau m.cond...@gmx.net wrote:
I notice that many suppliers these days carry bobbins with heads in the shape
of a sphere. I wonder what is the advantage of a sphere. Does anyone have
experience with those? Anyone who can tell me pro and con of flat vs. spherical
heads in a
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At 07:18 AM 28/01/2012, The Lace Bee wrote:
Please be aware that raw garlic can harbour Clostridium botulinum.
Yes, and raw cheese can harbour Listeria. I've been using the oil
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problems. Of course it's always kept in the
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