I don�t work the lace by putting my hands under the bobbins. I work from the upside like with midlands and honiton. There are other kinds of lace that use the hands under the bobbins, when they are hanging from the pillow. Ann-Marie > > Bobbins range from 3" to 6" with every type of shape and carving. We tend > to class them as Midlands (narrow dowels with spangles) or Continentals > (dowel center with bulb on the end). On bolster pillows, and greatly > curved domes, the bobbins hang down loosely. There is no support for > them. The bobbins developed with a bulb on the end to provide weight > and probably better control. The lace is worked by putting the hands UNDER > the bobbins and moving them. For tensioning, the threads or dowels go > between the fingers while the bulbs do not. Threads can be tensioned > > Alice in Oregon - 9400 lightning strikes in 24 hrs. 65 fires. > Oregon Country Lacemakers > Arachne Secret Pal Administrator > Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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