oh dear, at first glance I thought you had been sitting on your bobbins - but you meant the thread. Of course. If the bobbins have been left with thread on, but kept out of sunlight and in quiet storage, the thread should still be ok.
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Alice Howell <[email protected]> wrote: > So far I've broken two threads. Is this just from pulling too hard? Or > has 10 years of sitting on the bobbins weakened the threads? > hmm, using Honiton bobbins for Binche...could be, if you are using all Honiton? worth a try, if you have enough of them to do the pattern. Has anyone used Honiton bobbins for Binche? I have enough of them to do the > pattern. The weight would suit the fine thread used. > -- Bev having done an inch of the edging since I last wrote in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
