Re: [lace] Bone Bobbins and colour marking.

2009-03-04 Thread Dmt11home
Really, someone should speak to the Springetts to establish the accuracy of the story, since my memory is not always top notch. But, as I recall, there was some general discussion going on about how David had developed his bone bobbin turninng abilities, experimenting with boiling cow bones,

Re: [lace] Bone Bobbins and colour marking.

2009-03-03 Thread Beth Marshall
I've never heard that story! Can you share it with us (just in case any of us fel tempted to try our hand at making giraffe-bone bobbins...) Beth in cold (but at least it's not raining this morning) Cheshire, NW England Devon wrote: I may even have shared the story about the time the