Dear Sharon, et al, As you have already seen, the same bobbin in a different wood weighs differently. I usually buy the cheapest in the shape I want, usually a pale wood, usually identified as palm or guatambu. But I like to buy the rosewood variety as well, a dozen, as sometimes identifying the worker or the gimp is helpful. I always notice that the rosewood is noticeably heavier for the same wood. So there seems to be a variety of weights in the same bobbin style. I doubt it would make that much difference, but they are not the same.
Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where it's going to be wet and cool all week, but drier late in the week, which is good because I'll be tent camping near the Maryland Sheep and Wool. Estonian lace knitting. Sharon wrote: >I am have been playing around making some bobbins (using unconventional >methods) and I am trying to determine a good weight. Are there any guidelines >on weight of a bobbin as related to thread size, or weight for various types >of bobbins â continental, square etc. e sun in the last week!) > >p.s. here is a picture of some of my bobbins >http://www.lacemakers.org/meetings/april-2013 â the blue/variegated ones are >4 grams and the translucent/whitish ones are 5 grams. > "My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails." - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
