Here's another strange pair of 'bobbins' on eBay - item number 230037008494.
Any ideas as to what these were used for?
Diana in a wet and miserable Northamptonshire
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Hello Everyone
I would just like to advise anyone buying patterns on Ebay
to be wary of a seller called Sandie 8246.
I`ve just bought a copy of Christine Springetts Torchon Lace collar. On
screen it is the original.
It arrived today and is a photocopy which I think has been
It is with the sadness that I respond to the passing of Gunvor Jorgensen. I
had read about her in issues of IOLI and on Arachne and finally had the
opportunity to take classes from her this past June in Portland and Seattle.
She was a fantastic teacher, I learned so much from her in 30
Just because they are long and skinny doesn't make
them bobbins. G They are markers of some kind. It
looks like each cube has X 1 2 / on the sides, and
each one gets turned to mark or record a series of
actions/stitches/threads/ But..What?
It's probably some manufacturing machine marker.
Someone has already contacted the seller with this suggestion. I think I
agree.
Dear Seller. I am a lace maker but the tools concerned have nothing to do
with
the craft. My Father used to use something like that for filling in the
old
fashioned type of football pools(12X meant home win,away
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I was surprised that the predicted prices are so relatively low. We'll
see when the sales occur, I guess.
Beautiful Brussels lace and other wonders.
Patty
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It's one of those urban legends that are just too good from the point of
view of the creator to be too concerned about the specific facts.
This one showed up on one of my church lists, too. We all had a good
chuckle, until someone looked up the actual birth dates.
The people listed
Not natively. But there are USB ports on laptops, and USB
divided/angled keyboards (I've got one both at work and at home). Not
quite as nice as the original Mac split keyboard that could be
actually opened up to your preferred angle, but that one had, as they
say, issues, and wasn't very
Two elderly friends, Bill and Sam, met in the park every day to feed the
pigeons, watch the squirrels and discuss world problems.
One day Bill didn't show up. Sam didn't think much about it and figured
maybe Bill had a cold or some such But after Bill hadn't shown up for a
week or so, Sam got
