This doesn't need to be your 'last equipment question'. We were all newbys once too. As to square bobbins. They are my favorite and I know Tamara uses squares also. They don't roll and take very little room on the pillow.
Lorri in sunny Washington State, where temperatures almost reached a record today ----- Original Message ----- From: "JE Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 8:17 PM Subject: [lace] Last equipment question - I promise! :-) > Hello again, my bobbinlace books came in the mail from Powell's today > (about 2 weeks sooner than their estimate) and I am so excited. > > My question now is about bobbins. I know many of you use the spangled > ones but I was wondering if anyone uses the square European ones I have > seen on some websites. They look like the would resist the rolling > problem that has been mentioned and I wonder if they would make a good > starter bobbin or what. I see myself as ultimately doing yardage lace for > the most part and I don't know if that will make a difference. > > Regarding pillows, thank you again to everyone who responded. I am > thinking of trying to buy the ethafoam myself and building a simpler > roller pillow. In the meantime I think I will order an ethafoam cookie > pillow to get started. I can totally understand the large collections of > pillows many of you have, everytime I start looking I see 1 or 2 more I > covet. :-) > > Thanks again, > Janet > Fort McMurray, ALberta, Canada > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]