Robin's description below is very close to the way I handle the bobbins when working on the bolster. My hands are almost cupped with the working pair lying on my fingers.
I have gotten to the point of being able to hold 3 or 4 pairs in my hands, especially when working small areas of cloth stitch it helps to not have to pick up and put down. I find half stitch pretty tricky and have to pay close attention to the threads. I also work smaller areas at a time. Instead of working the ground all the way to the sewing edge, I work through 4 or 5 pairs and finish as far as I can. Then I go back and finish the area next to the edge. Diane Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galena, Illinois USA --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The way I do it (not that I have a lot of > experience, but it works for > me): > I hold my hands with the fingertips more-or-less > touching, the palms > facing me, and the wrists farther apart. I have one > pair of bobbins > laying on each hand's fingers. Not in the palms, on > the fingers. The > moves I'm about to describe are approximate. Don't > be rigid about it, > keep your hands loose and moves "something like" > what I describe. > Bobbins 1 & 2 are in the left hand and 3 & 4 are in > the right hand. > > A cross is basically raising the left hand slightly > higher than the > right and moving the left hand so its fingers > overlap the fingers of > the right. Straighten the right fingers so its > bobbins are easily > rolled apart, and tip the fingers to allow the > left-hand's #2 bobbin > roll off the fingers and drop between the > right-hand's bobbins. The > right thumb can help separate the bobbins in that > hand, if necessary, > and the left thumb can push the bobbin off the left > fingers, if > necessary. > > For a twist, bobbin 1 is kind of caught in the > corner where the fingers > join the palm, and the fingers curl as if I'm making > a fist. This > pushes bobbin 2 over 1 and drops it on the other > side. I use the thumb > on the right hand to push bobbin 4 over 3 while > curling those fingers > to help. > > THis is hard to describe! Hope it helps. > > Robin P. > Los Angeles, California, USA > (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ 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]
