Re: [lace] Bucks ornament & questions about false picots & Wiltshire area bobbins

2019-03-26 Thread Angel
Sue, I feel the same about Bucks bobbins. I would gladly replace my bobbins with nothing but Bucks bobbins. It is not that people don’t find them a good weight or uncomfortable in the hands. Problem is very few people bother to turn the bobbins you and I like! There is little demand, caused by

RE: [lace] Bucks ornament & questions about false picots & Wiltshire area bobbins

2019-03-26 Thread Brian Lemin
As the so called bobbin guy on this list I thought that at least I should reply and say here here to you plea for English bobbins. I do not make any more. I never made much any rate as I got hooked on the academic/history side of them instead. I have something of a private theory that the