Why is holding the bobbin by its spangle a no no???
Surely how you hold a bobbin to make lace is immaterial.
Making lace is the important bit is`nt it???
If you still can make lovely lace by holding a certain part of the bobbin then
do so.
Why should we give up lacemaking because of
I often pick up the bobbins by the spangle, as I find it a lot easier.
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
Daphne Martin wrote:
Why is holding the bobbin by its spangle a no no???
Surely how you hold a bobbin to make lace is immaterial.
Making lace is the important bit is`nt it???
If you still
It's very interesting to read what experience you made and heard about
metall and arthritis. Here in Germany they don't believe in copper but
in magnetism. And there excist extremly expensive methods to get such
radition treatment, nine times for 980 Euro only for the hands. My
doctor told
My feelings about this are that yes working lace with arthritis does work
(up to a point) no huge weights pulling on your hands and for us craft
lacemakers we can work at our own speed.
the movements do prevent my hands and fingers getting too painful and stiff,
so great and enjoyable to.
FWIW my great uncle swore that the wives tales of wearing copper to ward
off
arthritis were true once he tried it himself, and always wore a copper
bracelet when he was older.
Copper 'bracelets' have been used on horses with arthritis, with good
results, and as they (the horses) don't respond
Copper bracelets didn't work for me either. I don't have arthritis, but they
are said to cure any body pains as well so I tried one - it just made me
so very sleeeppy (more than I usually am)!
Karen in Malta
-Original Message-
From: owner-l...@arachne.com
Sorry Elizabeth, I sent this email direct to you as opposed to the 'list.
One of my bobbin resource people (you know I am not a lace maker and have to
rely on others for practical advice) Showed me that she certainly did not
handle the leopard bobbins in any way that would involve her touching
