Dear Clay,
So, I put my mind to it and designed "wings". My DH cut the shape and engineered a way to attach it to the brass rod. Now, when I am working with a large number of bobbins, I can stack those not being used on the "wings", on whichever side is appropriate. Then, the apron is clear for bobbins that are in use, and I don't have to bundle and unbundle nearly as often. I have some pictures of the big project on the Arachne Webshots page. You'll see various angles of the pillow and the wings - both empty and filled!! There were times when I had two piles of bundles on each side of the wings, with each pile being tied with a ribbon to hold them in place.
I don't know the Christina pillow but from what you've written the amount of space provided would be equally guaranteed by my table top sized work area. When I need dozens of bobbins available to go back and forth across a leaf or flower, I lengthen the threads as much as 18 inches sometimes. Yet still I have stacks on either side "in the wings" so to speak, and get frustrated by the lack of room.
As for picking them up, I find (when I even notice) that I usually pick them up using the spangles anyway, so I don't think narrowness of the bobbin shaft would worry me. They certainly would take twice as long to wind though.
As far as your bobbin ideas, my own preference is that I like the organic nature of our bobbins.
Oh, so do I. I talk to them, remember them when they were trees and tell them all about their spangles - LOL.
David - 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/albums/most-recent
