A bit late, but I thought I'd write anyway. I have 3 pairs of beautiful glass bobbins which I use whenever I can. I found the best way to keep the thread on them was to first wind a fine thread all along the part where the thread is wound, starting with a double hitch, and tie it with at least a double hitch to prevent it from slipping, leaving about 15-20cms free. Then I tie an ordinary knot with the end of this thread (I wind enough to last a few times!) and the end of the thread I want to use, then wind the thread on normally. The bottom thread helps the thread I want to use to stay on the bobbin without slipping. When I have finished with that thread, I just cut off the knot I made, and the glass bobbins are ready for another thread to be wound on. I use the same system with all my bobbins when I work with metallic threads,which are also very slippery and tend to unwind easily, or when I have very short lengths of thread to work with, as it means that I can use the thread right down to the last inch before the knot, since I just unwind a little of the supporting thread underneath if needed.
Hope you get to use the glass bobbins, they make a lovely sound, and are very popular with the public when I demonstrate, One of them has got gold dust in it, another one bits of opal. One pair has a twisted shank like a lollypop, and the last pair is straight, but one is red and one is blue. I love them, although I probably wouldn't want to have too many of them one one pillow at a time. Helene, the froggy from Melbourne Liz 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"... http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
