At 03:00 AM 26/04/2009, Jean Nathan wrote:
"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."
For me, it all depends on a number of things: such as - the number of bobbins, the size of the pillow etc.
Now that I have virtually a lace desk (rather than pillow) I can afford to really spread my bobbins out when there are many of them. Hence whilst working on pieces like Miss Channer's mat I sometimes have the length of thread up to 12" (30cm) long. It doesn't not seem to make any difference to the work itself, and I can't say I've had any more breakages because of the extra length.
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