From: Adele Shaak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If anyone on Arachne has used this pillow - do you find the padded front cushion to be any use?
Hello Adele, I made this travel Puerto Rican travel pillow myself a few years ago. It looks really cute but, in my opinion, it is not very comfortable to work on it, essentially because the front padded "apron" is too small. I use small bobbins (continentals) but they are longer than the pad. Now I have this pillow on a shelf, with a lace on it, but I only take it to exhibitions. But I made another one, increasing the size of the "apron": I made it about double long, so that the bobbins can rest on it. I find this much more compfotable. I also made the roller a bit bigger, and put it a bit lower, so that the bobbins don't hang so vertical and can rest comfortably on the "apron". > taking your bobbins out of the dents, making your stitch and putting them back No. The dents on the sides are just meant for resting a few bobbins you are not going to use, for example the pair of bobbins of the footside. The bobbins you are working with rest on the "apron", no matter if you work palms down or palms up. I have made my dents more rounded so that the thread doesn't break when taking the bobbins out them. > I would like to make a version of this pillow, but I intend to leave off the front apron - If you leave off the front apron, then you will use this roller pillow as a mini bolster pillow, I suppose. And that's something different. I hope my opinions are useful for you. I can send you a picture of the finished original size pillow and also of the other version, if it can be of any help to you. Greetings from Antje, in Guadalajara, Spain. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
