Not what you might think from the subject line, but last night at our lace get together, Arachne, Sylvie Nguyen , had a disaster. She was working on her heavy Simone Tousteau roller pillow with about 30 pair of Midlands bobbins and a 3" wide piece of linen Torchon. She can give you details of pattern and size. As our tables at the library are a little high, she was propping her pillow on her knee and the edge of the table. You guessed it. The pillow slipped off the table and fell backwards with the bobbins going over the pins and roller. We grabbed the pillow before it hit the floor and held on whilst deciding what to do. I remembered the tip on Arachne about turning the pillow upside down. So I held onto the roller whilst Sylvie completed the turn upside down, held on for a few seconds for all the bobbins to hang down, then finished the 360 degree turn. Voila all the bobbins were back on the apron and there was no damage to the lace, no threads or bobbins broken. She did have to spend about ten minutes getting them back in working order and there was only one pin on the floor.
It really impressed our newbies who saw that a disaster can be averted. Whoohoo!! Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA http://jblace.wordpress.com/ http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
