> They came with my Dryad kit that I purchased from England. then i didn't miss anything. a toy store could put out a hundred of those things in a bag and sell them for a dollar. it would be too easy. that is why i couldn't figure out why you couldn't get anything real cheap with all the mass murchandising in the u.s.a. around. i guess they must have missed the bobbin lace makers all together.
> Not sure of the size, > it is personally what you want. The ones I bought that were much too > big were hand made expensive ones that would be heavy even in a > necklace! i'm going to use 8mm for the big bead sizes then. i can buy the crystal mixed color bead bags for not much. i think i'll paint each bobbin the color of the bead, and then add my postage stamp or drilled flowers and i'm sure they will be good enough. i can paint, but i can already feel the strain in my eyes i'll have by the time i'm done putting little gargoyles all over them. i can find a ton of skulls. i really didn't want the "biker" look, but a few painted black with the "skull and bones" would be too cute. > > In > this area it is hard to buy proper lace making supplies so we tend to > use silk pins. If you have covered your pricking with plastic, you > probably should pre-prick each pinhole, but I am extremely lazy and > only do that when I am working something like a point ground lace > with so many pins so close together that it is hard to see the > pinhole. > i agree with you there! there is nothing but mail order. the only place i have shopped for bobbin lace things is the hardware store where i try to build it myself, or catalogs from germany and england, and i found them online. i ended up with a french version of a cluny book even though i asked the english version from the german website. i'll have to get the page i want to use for the project i'm starting translated on babelfish before i start. it is really getting rediculous. i think i should move to england. all the websites lately that i have been searching have all been from the u.k. or even australia even if it is just for normal things that i usually buy from u.s. companies. i bought my spinning wheel pattern for the great wheel from the u.k.. the guy i ordered it from even had to send my order back because i didn't pay him correctly in pounds. i must have forgot to change the dollars over. that was the first i have ever shopped from england, and that was in 2001 or 2002. even the websites for bobbin lace are from england. i'm not complaining. i have always wanted to visit the u.k., but i'm just a little disappointed that america has all those other strange hobbies covered with the exception of bobbin lace. 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]
