Valerie, It is used on laces to keep the threads on your pillow from getting frayed by the pins that you have already pushed in. I have used it on Duchesse and Brugge because you are turning the pillow quite often while you are making the lace.
I suppose you could use it for other laces that require turning the pillow. I prefer the horseshoe over the ring, because if you don't put the ring on at the beginning you have to put your bobbins through the ring. If you are working with a large number of bobbins, that can be a real hassle. Lacy Susan has some of the rings as well as horseshoes. I do not know why your tubing wouldn't work just as well. I'd try it and see how it works. Before I bought a horseshoe I used my crochet hook to raise it up a little. I tried a ring from a canning jar but didn't care for it. Hope this helps. Sylvia Andrews Lacemaking talent on loan from God. Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "purple lacer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 10:22 PM Subject: Re: [lace] RE: Ring thing > Ok you guys. > I guess I missed something somewhere. What is the > Green Horseshoe used for. I assume the plastic tubing > is used for the same thing. I was making Hair Halos > for the girls around my area,so I have a lot of this > plastic tubing. I was glueing a smaller piece into > the larger tubing to hold it togather in a ring. So > If I can find out how it works.....Maybe I already > have one ;-). > Valerie > > Liz wrote: > > >2) I understand there is a Ring thing that works > > even better than the Green > > >Horseshoe > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > - > 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]
