"I have been watching video footage of bobbin lace being made and noticed
the
very short amount of thread between last worked pin and the top of the
bobbin
and wondered what most of you all do."
Of course, the length of the thread shortens as you work. It depends on the
stitch as to whether all threads shorten by a similar amount and how quickly
they shorten. The workers shorten very quickly and the passives slowly in
cloth/linen (or whatever you call it) stitch. With half stitch they all
shorten by a similar amount.
I admit to being very naughty in lengthening threads with my (clean as I can
make them) fingers because I find it very difficult to do it by just turning
the bobbin or by hooking the thread with a pin..
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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