On Oct 21, 2007, at 12:50, Jo Falkink wrote:
I keep a few bobbins on hand, each of which has some half a yard or
so of odd/leftover thread wound on it. Those bobbins serve as my
"bridges" or "patches".
Be carefull to use leftovers with the same twist direction as the
thread of your project. I learn't from experience the threads
otherwise undo eachothers twists.
Never had any problem with that, and I've tied thick to thin, silk to
cotton and to linen and vice versa. Never even tried to wind my bobbins
in opposite direction, even though I know I'm supposed to, depending on
the fibre. I'm still having problems learning right/left (but not
right/wrong <g>) and clock/counterclock is waaaay beyond the capacity
of my 2 grey cells...
Don't have problems working with bobbins wound the same way, no matter
the fibre. But, like the Czech teacher of Margaret Crocker's horror
tale, I am *totally unable to cope* with bobbins wound "the wrong way"
-- ie the way I'm not used to winding :) It's a good thing I do not
teach...
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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