A *very personal* note on the "European squares" Janet mentions as being available through various websites... I *hate and abhore* most of them :) In the pursuit of "pretty" (to match the Midlands and the beaded Danish ones), they're -- usually -- heavily carved in the "handle" area. Which makes them *almost* as much of a problem in sewings as the Midlands; the carvings catch the thread in sewings, unless you --constantly -- lenghten (and then shorten again) the bobbin which is doing the sewing...
There are a lot of the carved square bobbins out there, but there's also some fairly plain square ones now. Take a look toward the bottom of this page:
http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/3Bob_C.html
at the International square pear bobbins, or the medium square bobbins.
Or on this page:
http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/3Bob_C.html
third one from the top is a square Binche bobbin, plus the other two are here as well.
I have plenty of friends who *love* using these squared, plain Continentals for every type of lace. Me, I've never tried a square bobbin, so I can't weigh in on whether I like them or not, as I stick to Midlands for Bucks and Beds, and smaller Binche or Mechlin types for Binche and Flanders. And then there's my small Tonder bobbins for Tonder, and some medium-size Dutch bobbins for miscellaneous tape laces on rare occasion.
-- Mary, in Baltimore, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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