On 15/06/2011 03:29, laura forrester wrote:
I turn my own bobbins and make my own glass beads too. The latest pics of
my current Bucks Point piece on my blog contains all my own bobbins and
around half the spangles are made from my handmade beads. I took an
updated pic yesterday, and will
Hi Everybody:
chip carving became so popular in later Victorian times as a great many
ladies-of-leisure took it up as a hobby.
Now there is a thought ... Lace maker ladies carving their own bobbins?
MMM!
I just thought to mention - although many women have no doubt whittled their
Sent: Wed, 15 June, 2011 9:00:22 AM
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Re: [lace] Chip carving... bobbins
Hi Everybody:
chip carving became so
popular in later Victorian times as a great many
ladies-of-leisure took it
up as a hobby.
Now there is a thought ... Lace maker ladies carving their
own bobbins?
MMM!
I
I am not sure if I told you, but a very good Arachne friend of mine alluded to
my total lack of knowledge about hand carved bobbins (In a private email) I
took great exception to this comment for one reason only... she was right :(
Happily we are still on speaking terms. :)
What it did do was
Brian,
I am not sure if I told you, but a very good Arachne friend of mine alluded to
my total lack of knowledge about hand carved bobbins (In a private email) I
took great exception to this comment for one reason only... she was right :(
I've got a few I made myself back in 1981 if you'd
I wish I had seen square bobbins in the early days before I got bought lots
of spangled ones. I do love the english spangled ones, but watching people
use the non spangled ones for sewings and things they look simpler. Your
chop stick ones sound great.
Sue T
- Original Message -
I actually use midlands unspangled, it's never proved a problem as long as you
are extra careful with tensioning, I do plan on using either Flanders or bayeux
but until then I use what I have the spangles drive me batty so I just leave
them out
On 11 Jun 2011, at 16:33, Sue T
