Hi BarbE et al, I always have lots of Malcolm's glass bobbins on my pillow, and they are remarkably sturdy! I have in the past fifteen years or so only broken two. The first was at a Suffolk Lace Day, when a lady saw me winding them, and paused to pick one up. She promptly dropped it on a parquet floor, and it broke into three pieces - not the least bit concerned, she looked at the pieces on the floor, said "My - they don't bounce, do they!" and stomped off. I was so amazed, I didn't take off after her and deck her! However, Malcolm was at the Lace Day, and mended the bobbin - it was one with two little tiny red bobbins inside, and although there is a scorch mark where it was mended, I am still delighted with it, and use it a lot.
The other breakage was my fault. You know how it is - I was coming downstairs, with lots of stuff in my arms, and too lazy to make more than one journey upstairs! I tripped coming downstairs, and fell the last three/four steps - the gear went everywhere, and the little box containing all the bobbins opened, and the bobbins went everywhere - but miraculously, only one bobbin of the four or five pairs of glass bobbins in the box broke! But that one broke into lots of little pieces, so no chance of that one being repaired. So - don't be afraid to use the bobbins - they sound lovely on a pillow, and look beautiful too. Carol - in Suffolk UK. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barb ETx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lace Arachne" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Glass Bobbins - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
