Hello Nancy For short lengths of thread, it's usually as quick to wind the bobbins by hand as to use a winder. Unfortunately there's no really quick way to wind a large number of bobbins.
Your next square probably will turn out better than the first - you'll have learnt so much from doing the first one, and you'll be more confident handling the bobbins and tensioning the threads. Whether the thread ends really need darning in depends on the thread used, and what use the piece is going to be put to - if the thread is springy and slippery (so knots can't be trusted to stay tightly knotted), or the lace is likely to need regular laundering, it really needs those darns. But if you've made it with a fine soft thread that the knots will really "bite" on, and it's never (or hardly ever) going to need cleaning you can probably get away with not darning them in - the darning/glue is only there to make sure the threads don't wriggle out of the knots and unravel part of the lace. Beth you wrote: > So you have to darn the ends in as well as do a sewing? Ooops! Oh well > never mind it is my first attempt at a square so I guess that is ok. I am > preparing to start another square so maybe that one will go better. There > are 35 pairs. Is there a quick way of loading the bobbins. I do have a > bobbin winder but as there is not a lot of thread to go on the bobbins in > the first place I dont know if it would make it any faster than doing it by > hand. Will it? As to the missed joins in my piece that would be good if I > could fix some of that. Thanks very much for your advice. > Nancy > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
