Hi Alex If you could send a picture to me privately I will see what, if anything, I can tell you about your bobbin. Regards Diana Smith
> On 13 Mar 2018, at 11:07, Alex Stillwell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Arachnids > > A question for the bobbin experts > > I have a curious bobbin. It is 9cm long with ahead 7mm across that is > slightly domed at the top and flat beneath. The neck is g 2.9 cm long, just > over 3mm wide and there is a thin flat collar the same width as the head. The > shank is 5.3cm long, starts at the same width as the neck and widens to nearly > 9mm towards the tail where is narrows slightly. Unusually there is a hole > 2.7cm deep and 4mm wide drilled upwards from the tail end of the bobbin. I > suspect this was to reduce the weight of the bobbin. > > I have always understood to be for Valenciennes lace, please may I have some > more information about it. > > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
