The pillow's interesting in that it's almost shaped like a
large football (soccer ball) and has a "doughnut" stand. But what I find
particularly interesting are the continental-style (in the loosest
description) bobbins, which seem to have nuts for the bulbous end, and the
pins, which are nothing likeI've ever seen.
I've got some pins like those - they are what I was sent when I first started lacemaking and bought some "finest insect pins" from somewhere. The shaft isn't tarnished - it comes black, with the golden heads. Mine aren't any finer than standard dressmaking pins so I've never used them.
I remember once in a class, Diana Glasspool describing a football (soccer ball) shaped pillow that she had made, the idea being that you could then work in any direction without moving the lace.
Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada)
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