It is 100 years since his book was first published; a book I devoured many years ago when I got hit by the "Bobbin Bug". This week, I re-read my first chunk of it waiting for my turn to sit in the Dentist's Chair and it gave me such a lift as the more I read the calmer I got! I had decided that I would write an article about "His" bobbins. However, if I am to do that I need your help (as usual) as one thing I realized was that I have never seen some of the bobbins he talks about. I suspect that I will be writing a few begging letters to you all to see if you have seen them and/or you own one, request a picture of it! (no nothing has changed!! Smile) Here are my first set of requests:
1: He says that he is aware of bobbins (remember before 1919) that were made of Brass, Silver, Gold, Pewter, glass and ivory; of course as well as bone and wood. I have seen brass, and pewter bobbins, never gold, silver, or ivory and I may have seen antique glass bobbins but frankly I have no idea how to date them? Of course I am not expecting that you have any or all of these yourself (maybe) but have you seen them in museums or other collections please? I repeat ,remember they must be antiques before 1919. 2: Yak bobbins. He describes the original Yaks as being 7 inches long and 4 inches in circumference. I have seen some of the smaller ones he describes that developed from the large ones. but never this "big" bobbin. Have you? Perhaps you may even have one? OK I will stop there for today. I think my next request will, if we find one, tell us which village it came from. That is just a teaser. (Yes, I am still chasing pictures of Honiton and Downton decorated bobbins.) Take Care Brian _____ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> . SPAMfighter has removed 81 of my spam emails to date. Do you have a slow PC? <http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen> Try a free scan! - 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/
