Thank you so much for the information on making lace with continental bobbins, I didn't realise there where so many ways of making lace! Lyn - Yes I have have had surgery on my right thumb but now the left one is playing up and I need to find a pain free way of pursuing my hobby/obsession and one that causes less damage to my joints. At the moment I pick up my bobbins with my thumb and forefinger, as I have done for the last 20 years, and this is causing the problem. By the way, my son works in Sweden quite a lot so I may ask him to go bobbin shopping! Diane - you mention square bobbins but I don't understand how you 'flick' them, and do you still pick them up as described above? Jacquie - When you pick up the bobbins 'palm up' do you still have to manipulate them with your thumb as well as your fingers? I have seen lacemakers using bobbins with bulbous ends and (I think) they pick the bobbins up (palms down) with their fingers tucked in and using the first knuckle joint, but after that I'm stuck. Joepe - Thank you for your phone number I will ring you as we come to Bexhill most Thursday's to visit my Mother-in-law and my parents and I could easily visit Bexhill at any other time. No-one has mentioned seeing lace being made on the Internet slowly enough for me to see how it's done, is that because there isn't any or am I not looking in the right place? Thanks again for all the trouble you have all gone to to explain using bobbins, it's really nice to be able to get help like this so quickly. Angela (in very soggy Sussex after a storm)
On 28 Jun 2011, at 17:28, "Diane Z" <[email protected]> wrote: > I use the square bobbins because it eliminates the rolling around on the > pillow. Also, when they are pushed aside as a group, they don't roll. You > still can flick them over each other with your finger tips. The midland > type really aggravate the arthritis in my thumbs so I can't use them at all > -- but they are so very pretty and easy to tie up in orderly groups. > > Maybe someone can loan you a group of the square ones to try out. > > Diane Z > Lubec, Maine > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Angelalace > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 7:04 AM > To: Arachne > Subject: [lace] Making Lace a different way > > Hi > Help! Does anyone know of a website showing continental lace made slowly > enough that I could copy the movements? > I am a Midlands Lacemaker but have problems with my hands and find it > painful to keep picking up my bobbins so need to learn a different method. > I have been lent lots of different types of continental bobbins to try and > need to learn a) How to use them properly and b) how to stop the bobbins > rolling all over the place and unravelling the thread. > Alternatively, would anyone living within say, 30 miles of Crowborough in > East Sussex be able and willing to show me? > > Thanks Angela > > - > 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 - 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
