The talk of problem hitches, left-handed winding, anti-clockwise etc. reminds me of the time that I used teach children on Saturday mornings. (I did it for sixteen and a half years). One girl had great trouble winding clockwise, so I suggested that she look at the head of the bobbin and imagine that it was a clock face, then check with the electric wall clock. The second hand would show the direction to wind the thread. This proved to be a success - no more anti-clockwise and the hitch stayed put. One day the hitch wouldn't stay, and the bobbin thread kept lengthening, the bobbin had been wound anti-clockwise. I asked, "Did you look at the clock?" "Yes," she answered. I looked at the clock. It was going backwards!
Liz Pass In Poole, where it's gale force winds and wet. > On 26 February 2020 at 23:46 Adele Shaak <ash...@shaw.ca> wrote: > > > Just to add a fun little wrinkle - something I didn’t know until last year > was that whether something is clockwise or counter-clockwise depends entirely > on your vantage point. Take a bobbin and start winding thread on clockwise as > you’re looking at the head of the bobbin. Then continue the same winding, but > look at the thread from the bottom of the bobbin - you are winding > counter-clockwise. > > Which might explain why so many people have trouble when they’re told to wind > clockwise or counter-clockwise. > > Whichever way you’re winding, hold the bobbin horizontally. If you’re > left-handed, you’ll be holding the bobbin with your right hand, and the head > of the bobbin will point to the left. > > Extend the forefinger of the hand that is holding the bobbin, so it lies > along the thread shank, but not touching it. Now: If you are left-handed and > winding clockwise as you look down on the bobbin head, the thread goes over > the top of the bobbin, towards you, and back away underneath the bobbin, then > continue winding the thread up between the finger and the bobbin, then pull > the thread away from you, around your finger, back up between the bobbin and > your finger, and over the shank towards you, making a figure 8. Put the tip > of your finger over the head of the bobbin and move the hitch down onto the > bobbin. > > If you are a leftie winding counter-clockwise as you look down on the head of > the bobbin, extend the finger of your right hand (which is holding the > bobbin) as before. The thread will come under the bobbin shank towards you, > and up and over the shank, heading away from you. Wind the thread down > between the bobbin and your finger and then wrap around your finger from > bottom, up the back of your finger, and coming over the top towards you and > down between the bobbin and your finger. Tip the finger over the head of the > bobbin and move the hitch. > > Either way, you make a Figure 8 with the thread. And, of course, it also > works for right-handers. Just remember to make the figure 8 and you won’t go > wrong. > > Hope this helps. > > Adele > West Vancouver, BC > (west coast of Canada) > > > > On Feb 26, 2020, at 3:00 PM, Alice Howell <lacel...@frontier.com> wrote: > > > > When the student is holding the bobbin and winding the thread on, is the > > thread winding clockwise or counterclockwise? > > - > 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/ - 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/