there is an older woman whose son owns the local lumber store and he mentioned to me that she owned a bobbin winder when i was buying wood for mine, so i assume she is an able bodied lace maker if she is not too far into her elderly years. i think i will slip in there with some baked cookies or a nice pie and ask if she might want to show me how she does it. my picots are not that bad, and i did follow the directions correctly, but i hate them, so its not a big deal if i find another way to make them.
i can also buy a video for bobbin lace making. i like the learning dvds any way. i have one on playing the viola. not that it worked any better than the books because it didn't, but at least it gave me instructions on how to hold it correctly and what it sounded like to play. it also has notes to play while tuning the thing and teaches you how to read music. if this fails then its off to the amish or menonite villages. there are a few near this part of tennessee, and i know they have demonstrations all the time. i'm sure if i went in there and bought a nice book or some lace prickings they might demonstrate a picot for me. --- Nicole Bouchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, you use one string on the bottom of the bobbin to > wind the thread on the top of the bobbin. But the > best way to see how it works is (at first) to forget > about the thread at the top and get the feel for how > the string can make the bobbin spin. > > I don't remember where you live but next time you are > around lace makers, ask around if anyone knows how to > do it and can show you. > > Nicole > > --- susan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > do you mean that there are two different strings > > attached, one at the > > bottom of the bobbin and one at the top? the string > > method would be > > much better because the amount you of thread put on > > the bobbin per spin > > would be more on such a small thread than on a wide > > dowel or even the > > smallest dowel. > > > > from what i understand i am attatching one end to > > something and then > > what do i do? lol! > > > > i have also come to another conclusion. i am going > > to buy a book on > > automa or mechanical movements. you can even build > > these things with > > cardboard and work they like machinery. it has > > something to do with > > little circles moving other little circles to make > > toys move or > > carousels go around. i think i am going to borrow a > > book from another > > library to get the pattern for the gadgets and see > > if i can make my > > bobbin go around to put thread on it! lol! > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the > line: > unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
