Re: [lace] (progress report) and Malmsbury bobbins (Long)

2020-07-14 Thread Diana Smith
I guess by now many people will have realised that I’m the shy bobbin collector! I’ve offered my help to many people who needed pictures of bobbins for various reasons - I’m always happy to help if I can. When 25+ years ago a chap from the other side of the world contacted me about old bobbin

Re: [lace] (progress report) and Malmsbury bobbins (Long)

2020-07-13 Thread Angel
Actually, that was a wonderful post, one that I enjoyed reading from beginning to end! Ha ha, besides loving the results of your research, I also struggle to relearn violin and learn flute! Good luck with everything! Glad to here your health is good! Cearbhael (aka Angel) Sent from my iPhone

[lace] (progress report) and Malmsbury bobbins (Long)

2020-07-12 Thread Brian Lemin
Covid has a lot to answer for and this letter is one of them. I am often asked about where my bobbin interest came from etc. The simple answer is I started to make bobbins as result of seeing a church member's pillow at tea one week end. Now here the rest of it. I hope the arachne editor will