I’m just thinking about the lacemakers. I’ve read so much about how in the 19th
century, as handmade lace competed with machine-made, lacemakers were poorer
women, right down to very young girls, who made lace for a pittance, and they
supplied their own pillow and bobbins. I would not be
As Alex says there are certainly other bobbins which are hand carved, South
Bucks bobbins for example. I haven't studied mine, but my sister said it
was the body of the bobbin that made her suspicious, not the neck.
Agreed, the Egyptians used a second person to turn a pulley with a rope as
Good morning Arachnids
It,s interesting about Downton bobbins being carved. However, lathes have been
around for a long time. The origin of turning dates to around 1300 B.C. when
the Egyptians first developed a two-person lathe. One person would turn the
wood work piece with a rope while the
