Hi Noelene and fellow Arachnids,
This as the other responders describe it a implement to hold the threads
down, just above the beginning line of the pattern, at the start of
continental laces which don't start with paired bobbins. However, having had
a look at the photographs on the
The word means Thread bridge - similar to the horseshoe, or what I use is
a thin piece of wood 2mm thick (various lengths as needed), with holes
either side to pin down.
I also use this as a Bedfordshire stick : when starting at an angle or
semi-circle working in both directions with laid open
Hello Noelene and everyone
I think you would tie individual bobbins to it, for starting with single
bobbins rather than from a bundle e.g. for Flanders lace.
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Noelene Lafferty
nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au wrote:
On the langendorfkloeppel site, I have spotted a
Hi Noelene -
I have not used this particular tool, but have used a dowel which was cut in
half lengthwise, then sanded, stained and finshed. and a hole drilled in each
end. When working some of the Belgian laces, the bobbins are not hung in
pairs, but rather in batches of single bobbins which
Dear Noelene,
This is exciting. I actually know the answer. It sometimes happens as in
making a clothstitch frame around something, that you're ending up putting
your pairs of bobbins with one bobbin pointing right, and the other bobbin
pointing left, instead of both bobbins pointing in the
Thanks for all the prompt replies, but the item I saw on the website is not
the wooden bridge to secure threads flat on the pillow. As I mentioned, it
is a 50 or 30cm long needle-like gadget, with an eye each end. It is the
two items above the wooden gadget on the langendorfkloeppel website.
Yes, i think it is used for the same purpose.
Clay
The wooden gadget is also described on the site as a Fadenbrucke but it
seems to me this needle-like gadget is something different.
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Dear Noelene,
Good point, but since I do know what the wooden bridge does, having used it,
and since the description is exactly the same, I suspect it has the same
purpose. Also, the translation for part of the description for the wooden
one is, the refined variant. Maybe the curve helps to
The wooden gadget is also described on the site as a Fadenbrucke but it
seems to me this needle-like gadget is something different.
To me it looks like an object similar to the green horseshoe, to allow one
to lift the threads over pins. That would also be a use of a bridge. The
center seems to
