[lace] glass bobbins

[Margot Walker]

I use glass bobbins a lot - I like the way they tinkle as I use them - 
and I don't have any problem winding them.  1. I hold the beginning of 
the thread against the bobbin, 2.  wind several times around the top, 
3.  then several times over the tail of the thread that I'm holding 
down.  Now that I think about it, with glass bobbins I probably do more 
of 3 before I stop holding the thread against the bobbin, than I do with 
wooden bobbins.  Seems to work for me.
On Thursday, November 6, 2003, at 06:55  AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

When I first started making lace I went out and bought some beautiful 
glass
bobbins which had spirals of color through them - just gorgeous.

However, I cannot get any thread to stay on them as they are simply too
smooth.  I've tried tying the thread on, using sellotape (I was really 
desperate
that time!!) but to no avail.

Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
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