I have rewired several bobbins where the wire has long since gone to
wire-heaven.
I'm sure (as Jacquie has also mentioned on several occasions) that the
spangles we see on old bobbins we buy today are probably not the spangles
that were on the bobbin when it was new. Some of those old spangles are
soooo big that I and probably others would not find them comfortable to use.
So, I take off the old beads and use them to respangle the bobbin and save
the excess to spangle old bobbins which have no beads.
A couple of years ago I bought several old bobbins which had originally had
pewter inserts, bands, plugs etc. I took them to a local pewter worker that
I know and after a very long discussion decided that there was no way that
new pewter could be added at an even remotely economical method. Now I have
to decide what to do - whatever it is will not be even remotely like it was
originally. I'd just like to do something with them so that they can be
used again.
Malvary in Ottawa where the sun is a-shining to welcome the day and it is
only -14c today.
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