---- Janice Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. ------
I use all three. Most of the time, I do smallish things and wind the thread near the top of the neck. I use Midlands and Swiss bobbins, which have "double" heads and I always hitch in the notch of the head. However, I don't want to "waste" thread by spreading out the wraps, or wrapping near the bottom of the neck. I want it all piled up at the top, so the beginning of the thread is well-anchored to the bobbin. When I'm doing something that requires a lot of thread, or a series of small things where I wind one bobbin full and just a little on the other, I wind all up and down the neck. I keep the wraps close together, even pushing them periodically, on the first layer. I haven't had trouble with layers getting muddled, so I wind the extra layers close together, too. I do also have some simple-headed bobbins (Dutch, Danish) that I occasionally use, and then I wind the thread at the bottom of the neck. This leaves room for the hitch at the top, relatively safe from the wraps. I say relatively, because unwinding thread often pulls some of the wrap up by the hitch, and I have occasionally had trouble with these renegate wraps gobbling up the hitch. just my habits Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA P.S., Thanks for a *great* convention. Don't know how we in LA are going to meet such a high standard. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
