--- On Sat, 16/4/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
The cost of the art can sneak up on you. I know some people have one pillow and one set of bobbins, and are happy to keep to that. I tend to get over enthusiastic when I'm enjoying myself. I think back to Arachne 98 when my class list specified bringing 100 pair of bobbins. I gasped, and started counting bobbins. I found I could just make the requirement if I finished two projects, dumped one or two, and spangled all bobbins not yet in action. Then I got to thinking that the average value of those bobbins was about $5 each. That meant that I was packing $1000 worth of bobbins in my bag. <snipped> I am working on a piece which has 70 pairs of bobbins. The average cost of a bobbin on the pillow is £15 (sterling) in today's money, plus spangle. Call it £18. My husband and I were just talking about the insurance apect of taking the pillow to my lace group. In all, with pattern, pillow, extra blocks, thread, bobbins and also spare bobbins, thread, tools and pillow bag, I walk out of the house carrying a minimum of £2600 worth of equipment. My household insurance would probably not cover this activity. L Kind Regards Liz Baker [email protected] My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ I haven't counted my bobbins since then...and have acquired many, many more of them. (I would guess over a thousand). An inventory would be good for insurance purposes, but it would also shock my mind on how much I've spent on them. (Plus pillows and all that other stuff.) How important is it to have a current inventory of all lacemaking equipment? Is it really worth the time and effort? Alice in Oregon ... looking forward to no rain next week. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
