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 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 wrote:
> >
> > When the student is holding the bobbin and winding the thread on, is the
> > thread winding clockwise or counterclockwise?
>
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