I rarely have more than one pillow/project going at a time, I find I need to
concentrate on it to its conclusion. Occasionally if I am working on a
bigger project and want to try out a tiny piece work with one of the domed
pillows and complete it then back to the original.
I do have strips of lace intended for projects which are an idea but dont
always get made up (but better to have them in good condition and they can
be put together when the right occasion arrives). I have little motifs in
my folder I wanted to work the pattern but dont have an end use (but again
they are there to be converted into gifts as and when).
I used to keep a list of the pairs of bobbins given to me as gifts during my
first few years lacemaking, but haven't counted them recently. I probably
have 200 - 300 bobbins, (maybe more but I haven't counted in a very long
time, all midlands and a batch of 20 large continentals (for use on russian
or other tape).
Trouble is my favourite are the ones that take the most thread and I use and
reuse them all the time. Still it means I do one piece at a time, :-)
Sue T Dorset UK
Sue T Dorset, UK
Bobbin Lace and Glass engravings
http://www.hurwitzend.co.uk
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Babbs"
I'll admit to having 3 lace projects currently on the go - involving
around 600 bobbins between them. One Binche, which I haven't touched since
Sweet Briar when Bobbi Donnelly got me hooked on a Tønder piece. This
latter piece has about 10 repeats and a corner to go before being
completed, which I plan to do while demonstrating at the Chicago Botanic
Garden over 6th, 7th and 8th November. So I have put it away till then, as
I need something to do while at the Fine Art of Fiber. So then I started a
piece of Bucks. I don't usually have this many lace UFOs around the place.
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