Hi Weronika and others who might be interested...
I've finally had a chance to get the bobbin pictures put on-line. I tried
last week before I left for Hawai`i but our service provider was having
issues. The close-up pictures are not the clearest but you can get an idea
of what they look like.
I've seen his webpage, and I like the honey-dipper bobbins a lot. How
much did
he charge you? I can't find the price on the webpage.
It's been several years since I purchased mine but I believe I paid about
$10.00 for a dozen.
About what gauge wire did you use? I've never done anything with wire, so
thin gauge doesn't tell me much.
I looked at the spool and it doesn't give a gauge so I can't help you much.
It's thin, though.
Also, what size of beads, if beads have standardized sizes?
I used what we call seed beads. These can be found in most arts and
crafts shops in the U.S. as well as many fabric/sewing shops.
So the way it works is: thread all the beads on a piece of wire/fishing
line,
put it in the hollow stripe in the bobbin, wrap around, tie a knot, and
try to
do something reasonable with the ends g, right?
Exactly. I try to feed the end of the wire/line back through a couple of
beads, then cut it off.
What knot would you use with wire and fishing line?
For the wire, I took pliers and just twisted the two ends together. For
fishing line, I'd just make a couple of square knots.
Some pictures would be great, both to see the method and for color ideas.
You can see them at:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4285839687
I probably won't be on-line for the next few days. We had to cut our
conference in Hawai`i short to get back to Guam to ready things for an
approaching typhoon. My husband had to get his ship out of port. He says
they always feel like such heros as they pull out of port leaving the
families behind to fend for themselves! g Luckily I decided to come back
with him instead of staying on in Hawai`i since I just heard on the radio
that the flight I was originally scheduled to return on on has been
cancelled. We are now at COR 1(condition of readiness), the highest alert
before the storm hits. We are expecting winds of up to 50-70 mph within the
next few hours and the storm is continuing to intensify and is expected to
become a super typhoon.. The storm shutters are closed tight, the
generator is gassed up and all is secured. We have plenty of food and water
so we should be fine. I'm planning on finishing up the edging on the
shetland lace shawl I've been working on. We are quite concerned about our
neighbors on Saipan, though, where the storm is predicted to go directly
over the island. All prayers and good thoughts are appreciated.
Dona in Asan, Guam where America's day began very wet and windy today!
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