My travel pillow has an apron of about 17 inches using the centre flap and
both sides of the box shape. I do lay some of the bobbins off the edge of
the gap between the front and the back, but might be tempted to try making a
bib shaped thing to lay over it all and connect the two, as some
Hi Sue and Arachnids,
Usually I use stitch holders -preferably the straight ones with a spring-
through the spangles to keep my bobbins in groups and in order if I am using
Midland type bobbins. I use crocheted lengths for continental bobbins. A row
of chain followed by a row of doubles
I also have used the stitch holders, but have recently found these craft
things (still cant remember what they are called:-) are kinder on my
spangles and also I can take a pair from either end where the stitch holders
had to be emptied from one direction only.
Sue T
Hi Sue and Arachnids,
Pipe cleaners! Sometimes called 'chenille straws.' What a good idea
for limited space, Sue :)
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 4:28 AM, Sue hurwitz...@btinternet.com wrote:
I also have used the stitch holders, but have recently found these craft
things (still cant remember what they are called:-) are
I thought that when I saw another lady using them:-) I have bought quite a
few of the stitch holders and also bought a couple of the wooden things with
an elastic band to hook over each end and lay over the bobbins, but didn't
like those. The chenille straws are so much prettier and cheaper
: [lace] roller pillows
I thought that when I saw another lady using them:-) I have bought quite a
few of the stitch holders and also bought a couple of the wooden things with
an elastic band to hook over each end and lay over the bobbins, but didn't
like those. The chenille straws are so much
I use the wooden slats because I nearly always use continental bobbins. The
wooden slats are great for stacking piles of continental bobbins out of the
way for a Flanders piece, for instance. They aren't so good for transporting
the pillow safely. For that purpose the crochetted strips work
I totally agree that it depends on what kind of bobbins you use. When you have
300+ bobbins on your pillow, it is crucial that you can stack the bundles, or
you'd never be able to manage that number. I've found that not all paddles are
created equal though... I prefer the wider ones made by
like a nice pattern to work for demo'ing.
BTW, where did you get the little glass angel that you put the lace skirt
on? I
have not seen those before. I wonder if anyone carries them in the US.
Janice
Subject: [lace] Roller pillow and lace
MY DH has taken a photo of the roller pillow (just as I
I am using a homemade block pillow at the moment which is about 24 inches
wide,
It is a D shape with moveable blocks down the middle. I made it to go
in a
suitcase. I have 22 pair of bobbins for a buckspoint pattern I
designed, which
is also called Alice, after my deceased MIL. I probably
Lorelei Halley lhal...@bytemeusa.com wrote:
I have seen many Maltese silk pieces with turned corners, but these also would
be mid 19th century or just a little earlier, and I have no idea what shape of
pillow was used on Malta.
What today in Malta/Gozo is called a traditional pillow looks
in the US.
Janice
Subject: [lace] Roller pillow and lace
MY DH has taken a photo of the roller pillow (just as I was putting it to bed
the other evening, so I have uploaded it onto the webshots site in the
hurwitzend album. He was the other side of the pillow, so has the finished
lace
Lyn
The issue of turning corners only arose in the mid to late 19th century.
Turned corners did not exist earlier. Instead only flat edgings or insertions
were made, and these were folded or gathered to make hankie edgings or
collars. If you look at the portrait paintings in Levey, for instance,
I made myself a travel pillow of the handbag type Sue has, but mine had a
compartment at each end of the roller - one for a pin cushion and the other
for tools. It also had a platform about half an inch deep in front and
behind the roller for sticking pins into hold a tape running over the top
Thank you all for your comments, it would appear that you all use some sort of
soft sausage shape which is now so obvious:-) I will play with the general
idea and see what works best inside the bag open and closed and to make sure
future lace rolls off the pillow in good condition for use and
Hi Sue
I started lacemaking before the rollers were invented. I place a large
handkerchief or strip of white fabric under the lace and pin to the pillow
either side of the pricking immediately behind the pins and fold it
outlengthwise over the lace. I then roll it up and secure the roll with a
Months ago we bought me a travel roller pillow but it has taken me until now
to get it into use. I have a roller with the block pillow but could not get
the hang of working with it, so was a little cautious with this one, but after
reading all your info last time I asked I have tried out various
Hi Bev, There is a little pocket but it is sideways on and wouldn't hold the
lace. Maybe if I where to wrap a clean hanky around it until it gets longer
but then feel it should be rolled around something so it doesn't have
creases in.
I went to bed so excited and pleased with myself, LOL.
Sue
Dear Bev,
I have made two sausages, between 1 and 11/2 (stuffed with wool wadding
left over from quilting projects). The larger one I used to make a length of
41/2 torchon, the smaller one I used on my small round pillow, sure it could
be used with my travel pillow. The ends of the sausage are
Hello Sue
Yay, well done on bringing the roller pillow up to speed!
I've seen several roller pillows with work in progress, the finished
lace going into a little drawstring bag behind the roller. One
lacemaker made one from fabric that matched her cover cloth, but the
others used translucent
You could make a temporary 'roller' from a piece of fabric, something
that would act as a core but would be more flexible than a wooden
cylinder.
On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Sue hurwitz...@btinternet.com wrote:
Hi Bev, There is a little pocket but it is sideways on and wouldn't hold the
Hi Sue, Bev, Mary Carey -
I agree with Mary Carey... the little sausage is easy enough to
make. I made one with a short length of plastic drinking straw as a
core to give it stability, and wrapped a bit of quilting batting (low
loft) around it. Covered it with a bit of cotton that matched
Thank you all so much for all the information about how you made up roller
pillows.
I am going to put all the info onto one word doc so I can print them out and
read through and see what works best. I think I am going to try to cover the
current new one a bit to protect is as much as I can but
If you decide to use this kind of padding, shop carefully! Some felt
padding these days has rough bits in it that would definitely stop a
pin. Another no-no would be the non-slip coating they sometimes spray
on the back. If you're going to use padding, be sure it's clean
fibers/felt, with
We fairly recently bought a Travel pillow (like a little shopping bag) with a
roller pillow inside.As I am new to roller pillows I have a small and
simple pattern neading about 8 pairs of bobbins and which doesn't go all the
way around the roller to put onto it to get used to the change before
Sue T asked I have read in the past of the various ways that people help
preserve the surface of a roller pillow...
I think that the best thing to cover your roller with is wool fabric (old
blanket or clothes cut into strips and wound as tightly as possible round
the styrofoam centre. One
There are ways to make long-lasting rollers, and ways that are shorter lived.
The best rollers, and long lasting, are made from wool fabric, rolled around a
supporting dowel. They need to be just deeper than the length of pins to be
used. Thick sections of cotton fabric would be hard to pin
Sue
The first thing to consider about recovering your roller is: how does it fit
into the well hole in your pillow? If you roller sits in a well you won't be
able to add more padding to the roller and still have it fit in the hole.
But if that isn't a problem (if the well is considerably larger
I was given two used Swedish pillows, where the rollers were too soft to
hold the pins. I use a single layer of a foam sheet, cut to size and pinned
to fit.
http://www.michaels.com/Creatology%E2%84%A2-Foam-Sheets/gc1328,default,pd.html?start=16cgid=products-generalcrafts-foam
I would guess
Hi Everybody:
I have found that woven cotton fabric many layers thick is
actually quite resistant to pins. They won't go in far enough to be stable
and you will bend a lot of them. I have found that 100% woven wool fabric
takes pins very well
I want to add that you should use
I just recently completed a roller pillow. I used a dowel rod for the
center then wrapped 100% wool felt strips around the dowel until it was the
size I wanted. The 100% wool felt is more expensive than that mixed with
polyester but I think the 100% works better. I found the wool on sale and
Be careful of cotton batting!
I tried to make a pin cushion of several layers of a cotton mattress
pad, and pins would not go through it! It was solid. Maybe this was
because it was old and compacted? I don't know. I went for poly instead.
Lauren
On 8/15/2011 4:22 PM, Jane Partridge wrote:
Subject: [lace] roller pillows
In 2005 I had a fire at my house and lost all of my lace pillows. About 3
years ago I decided to take it up again and started from
scratch...literally.
My oldest pillow is a homemade roller pillow I take back and forth to work.
It's made of a a scrap of foam
The rollers I've made for pillows used the fibrous-type carpet padding. That's
getting harder to find, more and more carpet stores sell only the foam rubber
type. The short ends should be cut at an angle (taper the material) so that
there are no ridges where the padding starts and stops. The
Hi Dona -
When I (or I should say, my DH) built my first roller pillow, we used
Pamela Nottingham's description of constructing a French roller pillow
as our guide, but scaled it up to make a larger pillow, very similar to
the size of Toustou's large roller pillow. The way we secured the
Good evening. The list has been very quiet the last few days so after a
conversation with my husband this evening discussing roller pillows, I
thought I'd ask the list for input. I have a roller pillow that I made 11
years or so ago using Doris Southard's pattern. It's been a nice pillow to
If you go to my blog you will see a roller bobbinlace pillow that Mark Myers
made for me. He covered the pillow with my favorite color material too. I
called my pillow Ms. Flozzy when I first saw it for it reminded me of a barroom
in some old John Wayne movie. Or the other show which right
Thank you to all who replied with pictures and diagrams. I now have a
beautifully turned and polished roller for my lace and and it gave DH a good
excuse to work on his lathe.
Ann
Yorkshire UK
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Whoa Nellie! Did I misunderstand? I thought you were looking for a way to
store the lace on a flat pillow as it is completed (i.e. you are moving the
lace on the pricking) rather than making a roller pillow. Mea culpa. Susan,
Erie PA
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I have a couple of yards of lace edging to make and I don't have a roller
pillow. Does anyone have any ideas on how to keep the worked lace neat and
tidy apart from just folding it over? My DH is a dab hand at woodwork so
could make something if he had a picture or a diagram.
Ann
UK
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To
. They call it a lace
roller, and it is under tools at the top of that page
Sue
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From: ann.humphreys ann.humphr...@talktalk.net
To: lace@arachne.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 3:28 PM
Subject: [lace] Roller
I have a couple of yards of lace edging to make and I
If your husband works with wood, here is a link to plans to build a
little roller pillow/travel pillow:
http://lace.lacefairy.com/Lace/PillowsBobbins/PuertoRicanPillow.html
It didn't take him long to make it, and all I had to do was find some
wool and cover the roller.
I have enjoyed using it
Hi Ann,
I have something that looks like a mini rolling pin that you wind the lace
around.
I bought it many years ago at a lace day but sorry I can't remember who it
was from
Hope this helps.
Anne Nicholas
Middx
England
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I have a couple of yards of lace edging
How about an empty toilet paper/paper towel tube? The cardboard is light
weight easy to pin to. I use them for the crocheted cording for Romanian
point lace. Wonder if it would work for you as well? Susan, Erie, PA
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How about a wooden roller? Put some holes through at either end to put
divider pins through and pin to your pillow.
See: www.sixpennybobbins.co.uk/index.php?p=6
I am using one of these at teh moment for a long length of Beds. lace.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
ann.humphreys wrote:
I have a
In response to Nancy's note on lace-chat, I thought this might be of use
to others new to using block pillows. No doubt we all have different
ways of making and using pattern segments, this is the way I do it.
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nancy
Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
I would just
Hi
I just started on an 80cm Bucks Point edging.
As the pattern was around 18cm long, I photocopied it several times,
stuck 4 length together
(ensuring proper lining up) and then started the pattern about halfway
down the top of the topmost of the three
blocks.
The long length of the pattern
pinned to that part
of your pillow.
Sue
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From: Agnes Boddington [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lace lace@arachne.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:36 AM
Subject: [lace] roller or block
Hi
I just started on an 80cm Bucks Point edging.
As the pattern was around 18cm long, I
Agnes, Maureen may think you're mad we know it!! Now the thing
is... if you get more blocks how are you going to attach them to the
pillow??
Wonder what humble pie tastes like
Sue in EY
On 20 Aug 2008, at 14:36, Agnes Boddington wrote:
My lace teacher thinks I am mad, but I hope
Think Agnes has one of those, Mike makes them but she was probably
having a 'blonde' moment...
Sue in EY
On 20 Aug 2008, at 14:58, Sue Babbs wrote:
There are special little rollers you can get to wind it the length
of lace around and pin the roller to the far end of the top block,
According to Wikipedia, below the description of (h)umble pie.
Does not sound very attractive, but then I did say ...
The expression derives from *umble pie*, which was a pie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie filled with liver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver, heart
No,not a blond one, just a painful one, which is affecting my brain: I
fell over the dog last night, and did something to my right knee, and my
left big toe.
After that one cannot think straight.
I have not one, but two lace rollers, and more if I want to raid the stock.
B.t.w. the dog is
The 'h' is always dropped in 'H'ull!! Not that far from where we live!!
So, maybe it is 'umble !!
Sue in EY
On 20 Aug 2008, at 19:34, Agnes Boddington wrote:
Since the sound h is often dropped in many dialects, and umble
was a humble meal anyway, the phrase was rebracketed
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Hope the knee and toe are ok. Pleased Megan is ok, but I bet she's
really shaken up! BTW, for those of you who don't know Agnes, I've
uploaded a photo of Megan on arachne webshots (Sue D's lace).
Just for the 'awww, poor pups' factor you understand!
Sue in EY
On 20 Aug 2008, at 19:36,
Dom,
Where in France is the Queyras region? The 'photos-saint-veran' appear to be
in the Alps area.
These are really beautiful pillows, the carving is wonderful, and I really
like the stand of the one from Cogne region. I want one of each, just to
display.
Lorri
Graham, Washington State, USA
] roller or block
This arrived in my inbox, I think meant for the whole list:
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From: Angel Skubic [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Subject: RE: [lace] roller or block
I have a small bolster and I am madly in love with it. My next pillow
I have not been lace making for very long and as such I am still buying the
'tools of the trade' I have two small round pillows, one large pillow and a
three block pillow. I was going to buy a roller pillow but the man who owns
the site says that almost everyone uses block pillows instead. Which
pillow, and
use both!
Take care, and may your pins never bend.
Carol - in Suffolk UK
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From: Nancy Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Lace makers lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 10:33 AM
Subject: [lace] roller or block
I have not been lace making
Nancy wrote: I was going to buy a roller pillow but the man who owns
the site says that almost everyone uses block pillows instead. Which is
best?
Roller or block?
The type of pillow really depends on what type of lace you make.
To help with your decision just remember that you can easily
Hi Nancy!
I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying lacemaking! You have asked a
question that many ask, once they know that they're hooked, and want
to continue.
There is no absolute answer to your question, however. All seasoned
lacemakers will tell you that it depends Roller pillows
for edgings.
Carole
in Portsmouth, UK
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From: Nancy Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Lace makers lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 10:33 AM
Subject: [lace] roller or block
I have not been lace making for very long and as such I am still buying the
'tools
for edgings.
Carole
in Portsmouth, UK
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From: Nancy Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Lace makers lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 10:33 AM
Subject: [lace] roller or block
I have not been lace making for very long and as such I am still buying the
'tools
Both Carol and Clay mentioned 'fitting' the pattern round the roller. May I
suggest that when using a roller that you have the pattern larger than the
roller.
If the pattern is fitted closely round the roller, then you are using the
same pinholes on every rotation of the roller. This is
for edgings.
Carole
in Portsmouth, UK
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From: Nancy Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Lace makers lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 10:33 AM
Subject: [lace] roller or block
I have not been lace making for very long and as such I am still buying the
'tools
for edgings.
Carole
in Portsmouth, UK
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From: Nancy Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Lace makers lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 10:33 AM
Subject: [lace] roller or block
I have not been lace making for very long and as such I am still buying the
'tools
Eamey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 1:43 PM
To: Nancy Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: lace@arachne.com
Subject: Re: [lace] roller or block
Hi Nancy
I have the best of both worlds, in my opinion - a block pillow plus a
block with a roller insert. I bought them from SMP when
Yes, to the predicament of the pattern fitting the roller, or larger than,
or just laying a great long length of pattern in a U around the roller -
which I've tried, but my favourite advice to myself is, don't fight your
materials...If whatever it is isn't working for you, try something else (so,
You might one day like to try a bolster pillow. They are great for edgings
and even small motifs, they take up less space than pillows on the flat, but
they require a different application of the lacemaker than working with a
flat arrangement. I have a narrow edging on a bolster right now and the
This arrived in my inbox, I think meant for the whole list:
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From: Angel Skubic [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Subject: RE: [lace] roller or block
I have a small bolster and I am madly in love with it. My next pillow will
be a full
Things have a tendency to drift off to one side, which can be annoying,
to say the least.
Now you tell me!! :))
I did the table ribbon for IOLI competition the other year on a roller pillw.
I did not join up the pattern, as I had ends to the piece, but let the pattern
hang out the back of
--- Elizabeth Ligeti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I made my Table ribbon I worked it on a roller
pillow, with just the
start of the pricking pinned down, and the rest
hanging out the back. ...
The extra pricking just fed through as I turned the
roller,
The same idea can be used on a
When I made my Table ribbon I worked it on a roller pillow, with just the
start of the pricking pinned down, and the rest hanging out the back. I
pinned a plastic bag over that to catch the lace as it came off the roller.
The extra pricking just fed through as I turned the roller, and was
Hi everyone,
A roller pillow just appeared on ebay!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=19158item=8124429573
rd=1
I don't think I really want one, but other people might be interested.
Weronika
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Weronika Patena
Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA
I make this comment simply to clarify language/terminology differences between
the various countries: This is what the English call a bolster pillow. A
roller pillow usually has a much smaller roller inserted in some sort of a flat
surface, such as round (or cookie) pillow, or part thereof.
This one is actually inserted in a big square surface - you can see it on the
other pictures. The seller just picked a bad picture to display on the item
list, since this picture doesn't show all of the pillow, but is a close-up or
the small roller.
A bolster pillow is just a big cylindrical one
While visiting my Physical therapist a couple weeks ago, I noticed they
have ethafoam cylinders! Of course, I had to squeeze one! It felt denser
than the swim noodles. The Therapist gave me a copy of the catalog.
The cylinders aren't so very pricey but the shipping is. They come in 3, 4
and 6
Hi
I am going to make a scarf from the newest danish magazine Kniplebrevet, it
is on the last page (the back). But my roller pillow is not wide enough!
Less than an inch too small. The scarf is so long that I want to use the
roller for it (I have a Christina pillow) I was thinking of rolling felt
Pat Hallam (Roseground) makes a travel pillow. Does it have a roller?
Robin P.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
http://www.pittsburghlace.8m.com
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I think that Rosemarie Robinson may do one - you can pick
In a message dated 31/10/2003 17:21:15 GMT Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I want to buy a round roller pillow (I can't get on with continental bobbins
rolling around on my flat block pillow). I know SMP have one, but does
anyone
know of any other supplier who does them in the
I want to buy a round roller pillow (I can't get on with continental bobbins
rolling around on my flat block pillow). I know SMP have one, but does anyone
know of any other supplier who does them in the UK?
Regards,
Annette, London
PS I dreamed last night that torrential rain was falling on
And for more information on Pillows including Rollers check here:
http://lace.lacefairy.com/PillowsBobbins/BobbinPillows.html
Lori the Lacefairy
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Hello all,
I have a student wanting to buy a roller pillow. Any suggestions on where
to go?
Thank you,
Cherre
Galena, MO
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Cherre Bybee wrote -
I have a student wanting to buy a roller pillow. Any suggestions on where
to go?
Hi Cherre,
Obviously it depends on how much she would like to spend on it but there are
choices.
Snowgoose sells a foam bases unit called the One and Only that can convert
from cookie to
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