I actually use midlands unspangled, it's never proved a problem as long as you are extra careful with tensioning, I do plan on using either Flanders or bayeux but until then I use what I have the spangles drive me batty so I just leave them out
On 11 Jun 2011, at 16:33, "Sue T" <[email protected]> wrote: > I wish I had seen square bobbins in the early days before I got bought lots > of spangled ones. I do love the english spangled ones, but watching people > use the non spangled ones for sewings and things they look simpler. Your > chop stick ones sound great. > Sue T > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David C COLLYER" To: "Brian Lemin" > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > >> I've got a few I made myself back in 1981 if you'd like pictures. They were >> the first bobbins I owned and were wittled from those cheap wooden Chinese >> chopsticks given to me by the parents of a piano student who owned the Tai >> Hung Tol Restaurant in Darwin. They're pretty rough but even today I love to >> use them for gimps as they don't roll (having square sides!) >> >> David in Ballarat > > - > 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
