On 1/14/11, Kim Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! I took a class from Jutta Klein, co author of the DK Metallspitzen, a > few years back. She had us use low tack masking tape to tape the end down > to the bobbin. It does depend on which metallic thread you are using. A > lot of the very soft ones will stay on without a problem, like the ones we > used with Rosemary Shephards class at Ithaca this year. But the stuff Jutta > brought from Germany handles much differently, and you pretty much have to > anchor it. If you have wire bobbins that have the hole in neck, you can > always try threading the thread through the hole, and tying a knot. I hope > that gives you a couple of ideas to try. > Kim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 6:36 PM > To: Arachne Lace > Subject: [lace] Question concerning metalic thread. > > Hi, > > It's been ages since I used any metallic thread in bobbin lace making. I > have a project where I will need 4 pairs of bobbins > wound with metallic thread, DMC. How do you wind it so that it doesn't > immediately unwind? I even have the special wooden > bobbins with the hooked ends. I've tried to tie knots in the beginning. No > matter what I try, it unwinds and the knots untie. Any help will be > greatly > appreciated. > -- > Patsy A. Goodman > Pres. Chula Bobbin Lacers > Chula Vista, CA, USA > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected] > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.448 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3342 - Release Date: 12/27/10 > 07:34:00 > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected] >
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