For what it's worth, when I began studying Binche with Michael Giusiana,
I quickly realized that with hundreds of bobbins on the pillow, I needed
to find a system! I asked Michael about this, and his response was that
successful bobbin management was what separated the girls from the women!!
I've known people who avoid certain laces for particular reasons...
they don't like to do "xxx" and so avoid it. My approach has been to
overcome the weakness and move on. I tackled tallies - which opened up
an entire new world for me, I tackled fine threads - which gave me such
lovely laces, and then I tackled bobbin management. I won't say that
this is my favorite part of making complex laces, but between the
paddles, the long brass pins, and the wings on my Christina, I've got a
system. The long brass pins don't go on the Christina though! I use
those on flat pillows, to prop the loaded paddles on their ends, which
means I can have quite a few more stored to one side than if I just
stacked the loaded paddles on top of each other. And scooping and
parking bobbins just becomes part of the rhythm of working with hundreds
of bobbins.
Clay
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