I have a few mothers and babies. Three glass ones from the English chap someone mentioned yesterday...he's a lovely person to deal with. And I also have two wooden ones which I love, but they have not been carved from one piece of wood as they were originally done. A glued joint shows where the top part of the bobbin must have been attached to the lower part after the babe was inserted. I always thought that if you opened a bobbin and it had another inside it was called a Jack in the Box. I love the idea of the grandmother and I guess I should look around for one to add to my collection some day.
Karen in Malta -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean Nathan Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:42 AM To: Lace Subject: [lace] Grandmother, mother and babe Karen wrote: <I'm intrigued. What's a grandmother, mother and babe bobbin?> It's a bobbin, inside a bobbin, inside a bobbin. Mine is a wooden bobbin with a long chamber. Inside the chamber is a smaller bobbin in light wood which also has a chamber, and inside that is a tiny black wooden bobbin. I have three mother and twins. All are black wood with chambers one above the other. A pair of square bobbins with a light wood bobbin in each chamber. The other is round with a brass bobbin in each chamber. The mother and triplets has three chambers each with a darker wooden bobbin inside. And I forgot I also have a mother and quads bobbin. Bone with four chambers divided by a red band around the bobbin. Red and blue dots on the uprights of each chamber, and a small bone bobbin inside each chamber. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
