Hi Noelene and fellow Arachnids,
This as the other responders describe it a implement to hold the threads
down, just above the beginning line of the pattern, at the start of
continental laces which don't start with paired bobbins. However, having had
a look at the photographs on the Langendorf site I feel that physics
preclude the metal bridge to do much work. The eyes are on the flat side of
the bridge which means that the middle will be very loose and/or flick up,
unless you hold that down with pins as well. I feel that the wooden, flat
implement would work much better.
Happy lace making,
Joepie in wintry East Sussex, UK
On the langendorfkloeppel site, I have spotted a bobbin lace accessory
called a "Fadenbrucke" which my Google Translate can't cope with, and which
is described as "an indispensable help for the beginning of lace with open
threads".
It looks like a needle with an eye at both ends - there are two sizes, one
30cm and the other 50 cm long.
My German dictionary translates this as "thread bridge".
Noelene Lafferty
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