They're listed as lace making bobbins, they've got thread wound on them and
they could be used as lace bobbins. But if they are lace bobbins, where do
they come from? If they're not, what are they? The only impression of scale
is the thread.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3264779125
Hi all
I've never seen these particular bobbins before, but they do remind me of some baffling objects that I saw at a lace conference in the Pacific Northwest a few years ago.
I asked around to find out what they were, and had trouble believing the story. What I was told had happened was that a woodturner had found out about the market for bobbins, and was trying to provide a supply but didn't know very much about lacemaking - or about bobbins, for that matter. Therefore, when he saw a normal continental bobbin, what he saw was a 4" long stick that went thick, thin, thick, thin, thick ... and that's pretty much what he made, with the thick bits all the same size and length and evenly distributed along the length. Most of us who saw them had no idea what they were for until we were told. Needless to say, they didn't sell very well.
Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada)
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