Hi Mary - I became very interested in Milanese lace because I was so impressed with Tamara's designs, and since she lives not far from here and we have become good friends, I decided to learn to make this lace.
At the first workshop I attended, I had supplied myself with small belgium bobbins. But they were only "single headed", and the silk threads I used kept hopping off the bobbin (I later learned that if I wound on the bottom part of the "throat", leaving about 1/4" free for the hitch, I wouldn't need a double head). But... during this workshop I had a difficult time. I bought some of the "Netherlands" bobbins that you can see on the websites of many vendors, and they had double heads and were a vast improvement over simple Belgium bobbins. BUT... a year or two later, I discovered the International Square bobbins, and had I not already invested in the "Netherlands" bobbins, I would have bought these for certain. They are absolutely the best for the purpose... no unnecessary turnings (pretty, but get in the way with sewings), and they have a double head, AND - best of all - the squared off shape of the bulb keeps the bobbins from rolling about on the pillow and from untwisting the thread as you work. An ideal bobbin for Milanese, in my opinion. Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [Original Message] > From: Mary Robi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 3/7/2005 4:51:09 PM > Subject: [lace] RE: lace-digest V2005 #71 > > Greetings All, > > Welcome to the new folks. I hope you new folks won't be put off by the > slow process of lacemaking. The results are astounding, and you won't > get bored! > > I'm about to start learning Milanese (I hope some day to do Tamara's > swan.) > > I'm wondering which bobbins to use. I want a smooth bobbin and have > been looking at rosaline bobbins? They look great for sewings, but are > they too heavy for milanese? I've also looked at swiss bobbins. Are > they too light for milanese? How about the "new international > squares"? I don't have any place locally where I can see bobbins > before I purchase them, so I could use some help from the wealth of > knowledge here. > > Any suggestions or critiques of these bobbins would be a big help to > me. > > Thanks, > > Mary > > _________________________________________________________________ > Don�t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > - > 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]
