Which one of her bags have you seen. She makes pillow bags and small dumpy
bags which have a few different removable inserts.
I have two with inserts for bobbins, and very useful they are too. They come
in two sizes - I opted for the one with 48 bobbin pockets as opposed to 96
because of the
Hi all,
I updated my bobbin lace lessons on my website. Added a beginning page that
lists the lessons for easier navigation instead of having to go from the
start to get to a certain page.
Also added videos of several of the steps.
Check it out!
Hello All,
a few days ago somebody sent us a link for a site of a lace-seller, which was
so wonderful done. with lots of close ups. Today I want to look at all the
dresses, laces, fans and so on but I couldn't find it any longer.
Could somebody please so kind and send it again to me privately?
This is true. Normally you just hold the thread end in place as you wind.
My exception is that I wind too little of thread(the frugal part in me) and
I am always running to the end of the thread, but just enough to finish the
small project. That is why I did that. I can show the optional method
I am not a fan of tying thread to bobbins either unless it is the only
way for the person I'm teaching to get on with lacemaking. Fiddling
with knots is time-consuming. Use more thread - it is the least of our
expenses, yes?
I use the amount of thread on the bobbin as an anchor, *a tool in
Hi All,
I tie my thread on my bobbins, for three reasons.
* Demonstrating at my favorite park (Goose Lake Prairie State Natural
Area) in Morris, Illinois, I am sometimes in the Cragg Cabin. That cabin
has cracks in the floor between the floor boards and if I drop a bobbin or a
tool for
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
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
I do not tie my threads onto a bobbin. I hold the thread and wrap around the
thread being held to anchor the thread. This is the way I was taught. Also I
have found when I wind a tatting shuttle I do the same thing. I never tie my
threads. The only time I tie threads is when I tie two Honiton
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
The Thread Clamp is what our list (Arachne) originally called, Clay's
Tool, because I had discovered the swivel-hackle in a tie-flying shop
and adopted it to use on the pillow, and shared my find with the list.
I took one of the swivel-hackles to Richard and asked him to put a
bobbin end on
And I would call that a very smart exception to the rule!!
Clay
On 10/8/2010 4:13 PM, C Johnson wrote:
Hi All,
I tie my thread on my bobbins, for three reasons.
* Demonstrating at my favorite park (Goose Lake Prairie State Natural
Area) in Morris, Illinois, I am sometimes in the Cragg
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
Most of you that are discussing the thread clamp seem to be in the USA does
anyone know a UK supplier that sells them?
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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Try SMP Lace?
On 10/8/10, Sue 2harv...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
Most of you that are discussing the thread clamp seem to be in the USA does
anyone know a UK supplier that sells them?
--
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west
coast of Canada
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My guess is that unless a supplier in UK has seen them at IOLI while
vending, or had someone show them a clamp they bought in the US, they
wouldn't know about them. However, I suggest that you refer them to
Janice's information on Richard Worthen, and once they see what the
swivel-hackle
Thank you I will try SMP if not I will take a trip to the fishing tackle
shop tomorrow to see if I can find one to adapt.
Sue M Harvey
Norfolk UK
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Hi Janice,
I've been searching on etsy for Richard Worthen, and hackle pliers, and even
did
a google search for him, without success.
Do you think you might have some other contact information for him? I bought a
swivel hackle from a fishing outfit, and one of my ferrets promptly stole it
Try :
http://www.etsy.com/listing/25868616/thread-clamp-with-corian-center
Look in his shop for different versions
Sue Babbs
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Hi Janice,
I've been searching on etsy for Richard Worthen, and hackle pliers, and
even did
a google search for him, without
Thank you Sue!
From: Sue Babbs sueba...@comcast.net
To: Nancy Neff nnef...@yahoo.com
Cc: lace lace@arachne.com
Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 5:44:54 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] thread clamp... was tying thread on bobbins
Try :
To clarify, reason for suggesting them: I have hackle pliers packaged by
SMP for BL use.
On , Sue 2harv...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
Thank you I will try SMP if not I will take a trip to the fishing tackle
shop tomorrow to see if I can find one to adapt.
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I always wrap, but never tie, because tying just doesn't work. When I was a
beginner I thought tying was a good idea, but I have found that I can never
get the knot close enough to the wood, and that tied loop keeps slipping. The
only way I can bet the thread to stay there is to wind very very
If you search under bobbin lace and scroll about half way down that page you
will see the hackle plier made into a bobbin with Corian. I missed the .com
off
the address, it should be www.etsy.com
http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_query=bobbin+lacesearch_type=handmade
Richard now
Adele wrote:
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
Could someone provide photos of Posh Bags? I am having trouble visualising
what they look like.
Hugs
Jenny B
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the swivel-hackle in a tie-flying shop
Clay
Alternative source is from an electrical parts store - theirs is used to
hold fine wires but works just as good as the tie flying ones and MUCH
cheaper (4 for the price of 1 here in Australia)
Hugs
Jenny B
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On Oct 8, 2010, at 4:40 PM, Noelene Lafferty 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
Hi Arachnids
I think this is another case of when using your own bobbins do what you like
but when using someone else's respect her wishes. Personally I never tie onto
a bobbin, it is so much hassle getting it off. Traditionally the English lace
workers would keep working until the bobbin
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