Hi Alice and everyone
> > how to get the felted blanket tight enough around
> the core.
I didn't see an answer ...
(for the record) In my reply, to cinch it with the casing - works
really well for firming the roll of fabric, especially if working
alone ;)
viz:
Make a fabric case from a rectangle as wide as the circumference of
your bolster, and as long, with several inches to spare at either end.
Hem the ends so you can thread a cord through the hem. Wrap the case
around the bolster ( I suppose I should have written in here - 'wrap the wool
blanketting around the core as firmly as you can - the casing will enclose it
more firmly yet'), it should be a tight fit, then cinch the ends shut
by tying the cords, which makes the bolster firm.
I got the casing idea from B. Fuhrmann's book on learning bobbin lace.
An aside, it should be quite possible to use a long jumbo pool noodle
for a bolster, and rest the bobbins on a table, in order to make a
Torchon lace curtain. I don't need a lace curtain or I might be
tempted to try it.
--
Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada)
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