Re: [lace] bobbin holder

[debbie]

As someone who has a sewing machine fixed on my table in my studio, my 
first thought when seeing those binder rings in the ebay auction was that 
they are perfect for sewing machine bobbins!  As a "future" bobbin lace 
maker, I would have never thought of lace bobbins if it hadn't been 
mentioned here first.  Those rings also work for embroidery thread bobbins 
(usually wrapped on little white cardboard or plastic cards), which is what 
the seller probably had in mind.

Debbie

At 12:08 AM 10/8/2003 -0400, you wrote:
Helen, you bring up an interesting possibility.  I measured the opening at
the end of the bobbin holder and it is quite narrow (1/16th inch, 3 dm).
The opening in that appendage (for lack of a better word) is about 2-1/4
inches (5-1/2 cm long) and the entire appendage is 3-1/2 inches (8-1/2 cm)
long.  I thought the opening was so small because it was hand made for the
thinner midlands style bobbins and perhaps because of shrinkage with age and
non-use.  It would be too small for the continental bobbins that I use and
this is why I do not plan to use it.  You mentioned having "big bobbins" and
I just don't think that anything "big" could fit into the opening that holds
the bobbins.  Are there any other ideas out there?
Cheers,

Ruth Johnson of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada where fall is in the air and the
deciduous trees are starting to show their fall colour
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