Re: [lace] Bobbin lace accessory
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 Langendorf site I feel that physics preclude the metal bridge to do much work. The eyes are on the flat side of the bridge which means that the middle will be very loose and/or flick up, unless you hold that down with pins as well. I feel that the wooden, flat implement would work much better. Happy lace making, Joepie in wintry East Sussex, UK On the langendorfkloeppel site, I have spotted a bobbin lace accessory called a Fadenbrucke which my Google Translate can't cope with, and which is described as an indispensable help for the beginning of lace with open threads. It looks like a needle with an eye at both ends - there are two sizes, one 30cm and the other 50 cm long. My German dictionary translates this as thread bridge. Noelene Lafferty - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Bobbin lace accessory
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 pairs, it is very useful to butt one half of the pair up against the wood, so you can start the other side, then reverse the process. It makes a tricky job with everything sliding all over the place a lot easier. Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK 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. Beth in Albuquerque - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Bobbin lace accessory
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 bobbin lace accessory called a Fadenbrucke which my Google Translate can't cope with, and which is described as an indispensable help for the beginning of lace with open threads. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Bobbin lace accessory
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 are all secured to the pillow at the same time with a sturdy pin and a clever flip of the wrist which ties the threads to the shaft of the pin. It is helpful to fan the bobbins out and then place the dowel, flat side down, over the threads and pin at each end. The result is that your threads don't climb up each time you lift the bobbins! It makes it much easier to get started. I suspect that the accessory you saw has holes large enough to accommodate the pins, and a Nieves the same purpose. And Lace Bridge would be a good translation, I think Clay On the langendorfkloeppel site, I have spotted a bobbin lace accessory called a Fadenbrucke which my Google Translate can't cope with, and which is described as an indispensable help for the beginning of lace with open threads. It looks like a needle with an eye at both ends - there are two sizes, one 30cm and the other 50 cm long. My German dictionary translates this as thread bridge. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Bobbin lace accessory
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 same direction, using an even number of pairs. When beginning something like this, it is difficult to maintain tension, as there are no pins involved. So you put this wooden piece across the threads, perpendicular to the direction of the threads, and pin it down tightly. Then you use your workers across these threads, usually in cloth stitch (ctc) for a bit. You can then remove the bridge and go in the other direction as well. I actually got one of these as a favor at a lace convention. You can do without it, but it's a neat little gizmo. I use it when I am making a label using Ulrike Voelker's little Flanders book. You can make pretty signs with letters. Ingenious. http://langendorfkloeppel.de/en/bobbinaccessories.html is the url for the item in question. Lyn in Lancaster, where the weather is typical March, all over the place. But the rain has stopped, and we're in for some cool windy weather, perhaps clouds, perhaps rain. Got 2 inches 5 cm of rain today. Noelene wrote: On the langendorfkloeppel site, I have spotted a bobbin lace accessory called a Fadenbrucke which my Google Translate can't cope with, and which is described as an indispensable help for the beginning of lace with open threads. It looks like a needle with an eye at both ends - there are two sizes, one 30cm and the other 50 cm long. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
RE: [lace] Bobbin lace accessory
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. The wooden gadget is also described on the site as a Fadenbrucke but it seems to me this needle-like gadget is something different. Noelene in Cooma nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Bobbin lace accessory
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. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Bobbin lace accessory
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 put pressure on the lace threads in the middle? The needle eyes would be the same as holes for pinning? Or maybe it holds down the bobbins instead of the threads? But clearly, from the text, the purpose is the same. The difference in lengths does not, however, translate into bigger or smaller, just a different shape for the same purpose. lrb Noelene wrote: 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. 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 unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Bobbin lace accessory
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 be thicker than the ends with the holes for pinning to the pillow. Beth in Albuquerque - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
