Wow! That little trick is a multi-talented marvel, isn't it?! So glad to hear it has found a permanent home in "our" world!! I know that Richard Worthen (bobbin turner in North Carolina, formerly Utah), uses the basic swivel-hackle but attaches the "handle" end of a Midlands bobbin so that it really works like a regular bobbin in your English laces. The spangle may cause problems in other laces, but I'm sure he'd make one in whatever style bobbin you wanted. The first one he made was for me, on commission, and he used a bone bobbin on which the neck had broken while turning. Good for me, good for him! I love that little gadget!
-- Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Noelene Lafferty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Clay, your "tool" is also useful for holding one end of a bobbin wire (I use > tiger tail) when spangling, to stop the beads falling off while you handle > the other end. I've recently discovered tiger tail and crimps for spangles, > and am in the process of respangling all my early attempts with ordinary > beading wire, and my hackle pliers are put to very good use. > > Noelene in Cooma > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > couple of years > > ago, we talked about "Clay's tool", which is a swivel-hackle plier made > for fly-tying. I > > discovered that this could be used as a "clip-on bobbin" when you broke a > thread, or if you > > reached the bitter end of the thread when the lace was almost finished. > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
