In message [EMAIL PROTECTED],
David in Ballarat [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
So perhaps you could think about this tomorrow as you make lace and
see whether your bobbins are simply going up and down, or whether you
are rotating them a little each time you pick them up, and if you
think yours are rotating is that when your hitches are not holding so well.
This has made me wonder if those who are having problems with hitches
slipping are using Midlands, square, Honiton or Continental bobbins -
obviously the latter two are more likely to roll on the pillow than the
others.
I rarely have problems with my hitches slipping, either on Midlands or
Honitons, cotton or silk. What is important is that the hitch is applied
in the correct direction for the way the bobbin is wound - ie, an
anticlockwise wind needs the hitch in the opposite direction to that for
a clockwise wind. If you hold the bobbin in one hand, parallel to your
index finger, if the thread comes off the bobbin away from you from the
top of the bobbin (ie it is going in an upwards direction) take it
*over* your finger, round the finger tip and cross between your finger
and the bobbin, place the tip of your finger on the bobbin and slide the
loop down. I usually have my hitch on the thread, not the short neck. If
the thread is going downwards in order to travel back behind the bobbin,
then you take the thread *under* your finger, round the tip and over the
top, cross between finger and bobbin and slide from finger to bobbin as
before. This applies whether you hold the bobbin in your left or right
hand, you just need the head of the bobbin level with the tip of your
index finger.
I'm probably not going to be around to read emails for a few days at
least, after tomorrow. It is Mom's funeral tomorrow, and we are
currently all in further shock as Dad died last night (three weeks after
Mom) - a very sudden, quick death (which was far better for him) either
a heart attack or pulmonary embolism, they weren't sure, so it will be
referred to the coroner. The plan at the moment is that I will be
staying with my brother (who is now the sole tenant of the property all
three lived in) for a few days until he feels on his feet enough to be
independent again. At least Mom's death was expected.
--
Jane Partridge
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