Dear Jean
I think the leather cloth may go under the bobbins, so
is the worker cloth not the cover cloth. Hilary Booth
described her experiences making lace in Le Puy in the
summer of 1981 ("Lace" 26, pages 17-18) and said "The
pillows are French-style with a roller, and covered in
oilcloth. ... It took me four afternoons to master
the art of swinging the bobbins on the oilcloth
without picking them up - have you tried to make a
leaf with a rolling weaver? ... One day the girls
passed me a sweet filled with the local liqueur and
they said 'Now your bobbins will swing well!' ...
Beginners start with leaves ..." She also describes
the sample workers "...who sit in front of huge flat
pillows called galettes or flat cakes, on angled
tables. They use large pieces of leather under the
bobbins to assist them to roll ..."
No spangled, let alone square, bobbins there, but I
suppose it keeps the speed up. Look forward to
learning the answer when you're back, but it sounds
like fun!
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