I like Noelene's idea. I have used shoe laces, lengths of ribbon, garden twine (not as nice) and thick weaving cotton (8/4's are good) to mind the bobbins. I don't use the method exclusively, it depends on how much of a hurry I'm in and the state of the pillow, and what sort of cord-like device is at hand.
If the bobbins are in use in stacks, with already layers of fabric between groups, then I place firmly a huge cloth around and bind in place - like a diaper - but let's say for the shoelace purpose I have lots of bobbins, and ready to go somewhere I have about a half-dozen bundles contained by the shoelaces. They can move free, as groups. This could be a problem. I tuck a cover cloth 'bag' around each bundle, and pin that to the pillow, *keeping an eye on the tethers, that they aren't going to get crossed over each other within the group*. I don't want the groups to move around, and I don't want bobbins within the groups to go astray. If you were really concerned about bobbins moving around, and there was room on the pillow, then the twining method is worth the time - take a long shoelace or cord, loop around the first bobbin, twist the cord snug against the bobbin, push next bobbin into the new available loop, twist, etc. pinning through the cord so that the bobbins stay in place. But - not particularly helpful for an ambitious many-bobbin'd project ;) On 1/26/07, David in Ballarat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > In other words, have you noticed any problems or annoying little > things when using shoe laces. If so, perhaps we could solve them here. > > Thanks > David in Ballarat > > -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) humming "I've got shoes with new brown laces...I am ready to run the races..." - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
