As always you know my collection is available! Diana
> On 19 Jul 2019, at 07:15, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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/ - 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/
