Re: [lace] Re: Tying thread on bobbins
On 10/10/10 10:25 AM, Darlene Wainwright wrote: I don't think painter's masking tape would leave a residue. I learned the hard way that if you leave masking tape on longer than a painter would, the glue sort of cures and becomes harder to get off than glue that's meant to be permanent. Fortunately, I learned it by taping a poster to a glass window for a few days, so a razor blade took it off. Sticky-note tape (used to be called repositionable correction tape; now that typewriters are obsolete, they call it cover-up tape) probably wouldn't leave a visible residue, but I wouldn't use it on anything that wasn't intended to be washed. I haven't noticed stains on my sewing patterns, altered with sticky-note tape, but I don't care about stains on the patterns and haven't been looking. -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://home.comcast.net/~debeeson/DaveCam/ west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where it's a lovely fall day. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
RE: [lace] Re: Tying thread on bobbins
I don't think painter's masking tape would leave a residue. I think I'd rather use a bobbin with some left over yarn and tie to that though. Darlene Wainwright darlen...@xplornet.com On 10/9/10, C Johnson cjohnson0...@comcast.net wrote: A piece of tape might leave some residue...not sure I like that idea...but worth pursuing. Thanks Susie - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Re: Tying thread on bobbins
I do this too, a handful of bobbins with leftover thread are very useful for eking out a too-short thread. I'd love to use hackle-pliers, but don't have any yet and my lace-materials budget this year is precisely zero so I'm using what I already have and making sure I don't waste anything... Beth in Cheshire, NW England On Friday 08 October 2010, you wrote: I have some spare bobbins with thread left on them and when using short lengths of thread - for example, doing Christmas decorations or the gimp in a bookmark, I tie my short length of thread to the existing thread. I especially do this when getting beginners to do the Springett Snake. I don't like thread tied to bare bobbins, too much trouble to get the off. Noelene in Cooma nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au I am finding this little thread of to tie or KNOT to tie(pun intended) your thread onto the bobbin really intriguing. What are the reasons you tie or not to your bobbins? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
RE: [lace] Re: Tying thread on bobbins
A piece of tape might leave some residue...not sure I like that idea...but worth pursuing. Thanks Susie Susie Johnson Morris, IL 815-942-1838 http://home.comcast.net/~cjohnson0969/home.html cjohnson0...@comcast.net HELP STOP SPAM-Remove all email addresses and use BCC when you forward messages. -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of bev walker Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 4:09 PM To: Tatman Cc: Lace list Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Tying thread on bobbins As others have mentioned, a leader cord around the bobbin is useful for tying short ends of your lace thread of choice. Yes tying the thread to the bobbin works but I think it should be the option, not the other way around (you could also use a tiny piece of tape) On 10/8/10, Tatman tat...@tat-man.net wrote: Also as I explained earlier, I run out of thread and try to get the most out of it until I have to work in another full bobbin. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Re: Tying thread on bobbins
Yes it might leave adhesive on the bobbin neck although that can be sanded off. It is an idea as an option for someone who isn't confident with the loose thread method, and can't handle knots. Whatever works... I suppose if one knew one's habits, one could apply a tiny bit of a hooks-and-eye dot (the hooks part - thank you Jane Partridge) to the neck of one's bobbins and use that to anchor the thread. On 10/9/10, C Johnson cjohnson0...@comcast.net wrote: A piece of tape might leave some residue...not sure I like that idea...but worth pursuing. Thanks Susie -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
RE: [lace] Re: Tying thread on bobbins
I 'tie' the thread on with a slip knot/noose. I can then use the thread until it is just the length of the 'leader' and then add a new one along side. Simple and efficient! At first I just wrapped around the tail; I don't remember how many bobbins I chased down before I caught on that there was an easier way!!! However, that said I respect anyone's choice to just wrap over the tail of thread. This is a most interesting discussion, Lorri I am finding this little thread of to tie or KNOT to tie(pun intended) your thread onto the bobbin really intriguing. What are the reasons you tie or not to your bobbins? For me it was that is what I was taught and it stuck with me. My lace teacher was unconventional and didn't do things strickly by the book. She used her own ingenuity to solve her problems. Also as I explained earlier, I run out of thread and try to get the most out of it until I have to work in another full bobbin. This was before the invention of those trusty hook/clamp bobbins. Only have one and haven't used it yet! -- Mark, aka Tatman - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Re: Tying thread on bobbins
Could do, although it would be a secure anchor, longterm and knotless. It was just a thought and might appeal to someone, for whatever reason. While working at the pillow this morning, I was thinking that most how-to books do not mention knotting the thread to the bobbin, that any I recall assume the lacemaker will trap the end with subsequent winds. On 10/9/10, Jane Partridge jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk wrote: ... but wouldn't have thought it would work on a bobbin - more likely to cause hassle as it would trap several layers of thread wrapped round the neck, rather than just the beginning? -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
RE: [lace] Re: Tying thread on bobbins
I have some spare bobbins with thread left on them and when using short lengths of thread - for example, doing Christmas decorations or the gimp in a bookmark, I tie my short length of thread to the existing thread. I especially do this when getting beginners to do the Springett Snake. I don't like thread tied to bare bobbins, too much trouble to get the off. Noelene in Cooma nlaffe...@ozemail.com.au I am finding this little thread of to tie or KNOT to tie(pun intended) your thread onto the bobbin really intriguing. What are the reasons you tie or not to your bobbins? - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Re: Tying thread on bobbins
I started out tying. When you're a beginner there are so many occasions when your hitch undoes itself and your bobbin suddenly leaps off your pillow and clatters onto the floor, and it helps so much if you can just haul it in again on its little tether. Then I found out what a pain it is to try to get the tied bit off the shank. It's not so bad if you're using heavy thread, but I had thin thread and couldn't get my scissors between the thread and the bobbin. Trying to break it off cost me a bobbin when the neck broke before the thread did. I tried making a slip knot in the way that it would pull itself open if you pulled on the thread, but I found that it was just so much easier and faster if I didn't tie a knot at all. So I started not tying, which is my usual practice now that my hitches are reliable. But it's funny this topic came up just now, because only this morning I tied a thread onto a bobbin. Why? Because it's a gimp going around a little half-stitch circle, and I know I'm only going to use a couple of inches of thread, and I didn't want to waste three or four times that by having to wrap the thread around the bobbin enough times that it wouldn't come undone on its own. It's a thick thread (DMC Broder Speciale #16) and would need quite a few wraps to make it stay put. So in the end I suppose you could look at it this way: The thicker the thread, the more likely the hitch will come undone, and the thicker the thread the easier it is to get a scissors point between thread and bobbin. So tying the thread onto your bobbin gets more desirable as the thread gets thicker. Just my 2 cents. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) On 2010-10-08, at 1:21 PM, Tatman wrote: I am finding this little thread of to tie or KNOT to tie(pun intended) your thread onto the bobbin really intriguing. What are the reasons you tie or not to your bobbins? For me it was that is what I was taught and it stuck with me. My lace teacher was unconventional and didn't do things strickly by the book. She used her own ingenuity to solve her problems. Also as I explained earlier, I run out of thread and try to get the most out of it until I have to work in another full bobbin. This was before the invention of those trusty hook/clamp bobbins. Only have one and haven't used it yet! -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop: http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatshop/tatshop.html email: tat...@tat-man.net Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tatmantats - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Re: Tying thread on bobbins
As others have mentioned, a leader cord around the bobbin is useful for tying short ends of your lace thread of choice. Yes tying the thread to the bobbin works but I think it should be the option, not the other way around (you could also use a tiny piece of tape) On 10/8/10, Tatman tat...@tat-man.net wrote: Also as I explained earlier, I run out of thread and try to get the most out of it until I have to work in another full bobbin. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
