But in the situations where you make long pieces of continuous lace and wanted 3 - 5 yards of thread on each bobbin, the system of winding in all onto the first bobbin and then moving half of it to the second keeps you from fighting the inevitable tangles in the thread that you'd get if you pulled off five yards in a heap.
Ahh....But the operative word is "heap". The thread should not be piled in a heap. That leads to real trouble (read 'knots'.) I pull the thread off and lay it out in parallel zigzag lines that do not intersect. One row at a time is pulled up as I wind. Note -- this process is not advisable if there is a kitten or small child in the area.
You load the first bobbin and then wind only a bit onto the second bobbin. When the pair is thrown out, the scrap on the second bobbin is tossed away, and you reload the second bobbin from the full first.
This is a very usable process when doing a series of small projects, or when small quantities are needed repeatedly. Thanks for mentioning it for our newbies.
Happy lacing, Alice in Oregon -- where I'm headed out for pizza and string band concert.
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