"...However you can tell when you've reached one on the pillow simply by touch..." To me, this says it all. In a "past life" I was a competitive drummer, and carefully chose my sticks before purchasing. (Rolling on a glass counter determines if the stick was straight or not, for starters). I feel the same with bobbins, so often choose a less expensive wood, but the type and finish (which varies so much!) and then get as many as I can so they are similar. I am a tactile person with recovering perfectionist tendencies however). :-) Not an advanced bobbin lace maker like many, but consistency in the tools would make the actual weaving process the primary focus, and enhance the pleasure so your hand-mind isn't taking in extra info about differences in the hand and sound. I believe you buy the best tools you can afford. I liken it to paring knives. I remember a wife telling me her husband was a chef, yet the only paring knife she had was an old steak knife, which made the job tedious and hard to avoid waste. I would rather have one good paring knife, than a bunch of ineffective ones. On the aluminum note, there are arguments about toxicity, and some say it is, and some say it isn't, but note that many well-known knitters died of alzheimers, when aluminum needles were the main foray. I was just reading a medical book last night and they gave more evidence that it does factor into health. If you have ever had a metal detox, and specifically aluminum, you can't believe the difference it makes in how you feel and think! On the bobbin value subject, my concern is that Arachne posts are available to everyone/ANYone via search engine, and so what is shared can be used for or against querant. I posted what little I had to offer directly to the person asking because of this. Perhaps something to consider. I absolutely LOVE Devon's sense of equity and let her know personally, as all of her points are pertinent and relevant. I suspect she may have some legal education, or gleaned much practical and lucid wisdom from life. <VBG> Best,Susan Reishus
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