Hi All, Talking about travel bobbins. I can't count the number of pairs of Richard Ives' midi-travel-bobbins I have. I have four travel pillows, and have found over the years that the 'midi' size made and sold by Richard and Jenny (t/a Jennrich Designs) are - to me - the very best! They are slightly larger than the really tiny travel bobbins, so are easy to work with and, like all Richard's bobbins are beautifully made and weighted, and as I buy them unspangled, and spangle them myself (Jenny will spangle at no extra charge, just the cost of the spangles!) with a similar spangle to my normal Midlands bobbins, but with beads a size or two smaller, the weight still stays perfectly balanced. Naturally, one wouldn't mix travel and ordinary sized bobbins and, if one has been working on something quite large and with a lot thicker thread, then it takes a couple of minutes to get used to the smaller bobbins and the finer thread, but they fit the round travel pillows perfectly, and also the travel pillows which fold up into a sort of large, brick shape, which SMP used to sell. And probably still do - I have had mine for donkeys years, but as it shows no sign of wearing out, though I have purchased a new roller for it, I try not to look at new pillows! Naturally, the will-power sometimes isn't that strong though.
Personally, I don't like the bobbins which seem to be a 'normal' bobbin with bits just cut off the end, as the balance seems wrong. Richard's bobbins are perfectly scaled down versions of his full-size jobs and, though they are perfect for the smaller travel pillows, I have also used them when several dozen bobbins are necessary for a large piece, and therefore the space is at a premium. But - as has been said before, and will doubtless be said again on Arachne, one uses what one feels most comfortable with. Carol - where we in this part of Suffolk UK again woke to a white world, but thankfully, it jolly soon melted again! Subject: Honiton Bobbins was Re: [lace] Re: bobbin help > > Now - as to traveling bobbins - - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
