Hi Janice!
Wonderful job you did with IOLI, btw!! I'm still in awe that six people
(five?) could do all of that work and still be smiling at the end of the
week!!
I wrote to Diane privately (meant to send it to the list, but I've been
brain-dead since getting home from IOLI... mostly due to the air travel
fiascos, I'm sure!!) about the way I do hitches, and so thought I'd
post it again to the list.
If a bobbin has a double head, I always take advantage of that, and use
a double hitch on the bobbin. I believe Achiem is the one who posted an
URL for an excellent video of how to do a hitch, and I'm surprised this
hasn't been cited in the current discussion.
As a matter of fact, I mostly work with bobbins which have a single
head. I also usually work with fine threads. But it is still important
to me that my hitches hold, and that I'm able to peel off the thread I
need as I need it (meaning, I don't have to use a pin to work it off the
bobbin, but simply turn the bobbin so that the thread and the bobbin are
forming a 90 degree angle and simply unwind what I need... this was
also mentioned by Robin Panza...). So, to achieve this on a single-head
bobbin, using fine thread, I simply wind all of the thread on the bottom
80% of the length of the neck. The top 20% is left bare. This means
that when I put in my double hitch, it automatically gravitates to the
lowest point - the neck of the bobbin that hasn't been wound - and it
holds securely, doesn't dig into the wound thread farther down the neck,
and it unwinds at my command. I have never had problems with my fine
threads using this technique.
Do I want to talk about reeled silk threads? I think not... those have
minds of their own, and I still haven't found the solution for them!! ;
) Still love'm, still use'm... but still can't control them on my
bobbins!!
Clay
Janice Blair wrote:
I may have asked this before, but I have noticed that people
wind their thread onto the bobbins differently. Some put the
thread all along the neck, especially if the bobbin has a grooved
head, others wind it at the bottom of the neck but some wind the
thread all near the top of the bobbin. I always wind my thread
the whole length of the neck but if I am only winding on a little,
I do it near the top of the neck.
Are there any rules on how it should be put on the bobbin?
I know there are no lace police but I wondered if anyone has
been told how to correctly do it.
Janice
Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA
www.jblace.com
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/
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