Hi Arachnids,
Thank you very much for all your contributions to this thread. Just one more
thing, I usually use cover-cloths or draughters to protect my bobbins after
tying them with stitch holders and knicker elastic (cotton covered elastic).
However, I know of 2 ladies who tie their bobbins with stitch-holders and
then use the top of a clean pair of tights -the legs knotted at the top
(near the panty) and the surplus cut off- to pull over the whole of their
"cookie" pillow to keep their bobbins in place. Does not look pretty, but is
effective. :-)
So to sum up we can have;
Straight stitch-holders
Safety pin type stitch-holders
Pipe cleaners
Shoe laces
Binder rings
Wooden slats with elastic to hold bobbins
Work-cloths to hold/move bobbins
All can be used with either a. just long pins
b. cotton covered elastic (or
ribbon or tapes) held
down with pins
to hold the groups in place.
And lastly pinning on a covering cloth (draughter) or pulling tight tops
over before popping the pillow in the bag. I then put a 5 cm thick doughnut
shaped foam pillow on the work side of my pillow (between bag and pillow) to
further protect my bobbins as well as to sit on in those halls with hard
plastic or wooden chairs ;-D
Happy lace making,
Joepie, East Sussex, UK
From: Lorri Ferguson
A friend (Sharon H) thought of and and now we both use 'Notebook Rings" from
the office supply store/section.These are hinged rings that are 'meant' to
be
used with hole punched paper<...........> They come in different sizes and
the
larger ones hold several pair of bobbins. Lorri F
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