Hi Debbie,
I believe your "mystery bobbin" is a continental that has had spangles added! I
have several of these among my hundreds of bobbins. I moved to Bucks, England
in 1977 and soon began bobbin lacemaking. This was before David Springett came
on the scene, and my teacher talked Dennis Size
Re: the mystery bobbin
I have posted 2 pictures of the bobbin on webshots; one by itself, and
one between two Springetts bobbins.
Hope this helps...
The website is : http://community.webshots.com/user/mdimouzon
Thanks,
Debbie in Florida
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a picture is worth a thousand words!! (especially to those of us who find it
hard to translate words into images)
Sue
If it would help, I could post a picture on webshots...
Debbie in Florida
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I was given an old bobbin by my first lace teacher many years ago; 25
years ago to be precise. I have only recently realized that it is not a
typical English lace bobbin. The head and neck are the same style as an
English East Midlands bobbin, but the body is bulbous. The whole bobbin
is les
