For a long time I used knitting stitch holders but have broken a few
spangles that way. Last summer I watched a lady at the Poole lace day with
her craft bendy pipe cleaner type things (in lots of pretty colours) and
have gone over to those. I can use the bobbins from either end and keep
them under control nicely. Obviously this wouldn't work for non spangled
bobbins but I like it for mine:-)
Sue T, Dorset UK
If you are making these in any cotton/rayon ie non-stretchy yarn, make a
short bit and try it out first.
I have always found that although you need to avoid fluffy yarns, holder
strips made from wool, wool-blends or acrylic yarns which have a bit more
stretch-and-shrink-again ability than cotton are more successful as they
hold
the bobbins better without being a fight to get on.
Jacquie in Lincolnshire.
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