Hi Arachnids I think this is another case of when using your own bobbins do what you like but when using someone else's respect her wishes. Personally I never tie onto a bobbin, it is so much hassle getting it off. Traditionally the English lace workers would keep working until the bobbin dropped off then tie on a short length of waste thread with a weavers' knot. They would work until there was just sufficient thread left to make a join when a new thread was knotted to a pin at the side, brought down through the pins and both threads twisted. They would continue working with the twisted thread until the join was stable, perhaps about 1 inch (2.5cm), when the remaining twists were removed and the knotted thread laid back and cut off later. I have been using this method for years and you cannot see the joins.
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