Lyn, you got my thinking going for a tray that didn't take up much room but was stiff enough to scoop under the bobbins but not abraid the threads. Why not encase a piece of plastic in cloth. The plastic should be stiff enough to scoop under the bobbins and support them in order -- maybe 6-7" wide and deep as you like for your bobbin length. There would be fabric side extensions, maybe 4" wide, to fold over the bobbins and prevent them from rolling out and also opened for lacing. Also, with fabric, a pin could be used if needed to hold them on the pillow for storage.
Diane Z Lubec, Maine, USA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 7:27 AM To: Tregellas Family Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [lace] There's never enough room The last time this issue came up, I was discussing some sort of tray as Shirley and Liz mention, but I wanted sides that came up for storage to prevent rolling off, and came down when I wanted to use the bobbins, so they could just be put on the pillow and treated as some sort of cover cloth on the pillow, then the sides come up again for storage. Any ideas, anyone? I like the cloth idea especially, much less chance of breaking the thread on an edge. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA where it's going to be another hot one, high in the upper 80's, 27-29C but sunny. Time for the air conditioning, all gardening done in the early morning. Shirley wrote: >use working cloths to support about 10 pairs at a time, stacking on top >of each other to either side. One can stack an awful lot of bobbins >that way. > >>Liz wrote: >> As to stacking them up - I have seen people use the base of a plastic dish - >> like an ice cream tub, cut down to just about a one inch side, - on 3 sides, >> and no side at all on the 4th, and the bobbins sit in the tray, and they can >> be stacked one on another at the side of the working area. It seamed to >> work OK. >> "My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails." - 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 - 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
