Hi Fellow Spiders, I am enjoying this thread about the bobbins.I am very much in favor of fixing bobbins of any age so that they might be used to make lace again! Yes, if they are antiques they should be restored properly and it should always be noted when and who did the work. I've repaired several bobbins that had fairly minor problems. Mostly they were ones I broke while trying to turn them myself! I also have several broken bobbins that I would love to have restored to working condition but are beyond my expertise in woodworking. They aren't antique ones but their original maker, Peter McLeavey of New Zealand no longer makes bobbins. Reality is that it probably isn't affordable to have it done unless they ARE antique bobbins. The alternative to not fixing bobbins is that the bobbins are thrown away by those who follow us. This would be a sad loss to lace collectors (except perhaps for the sorry looking but useful to me bobbins that I've made!) Trish in gloomy West Virginia USA
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