Re: [lace] Newly invented bobbin?

2015-03-02 Thread Adele Shaak
It certainly sounds very interesting! I like that you turn the bottom, which is the bottom of the inside bobbin, to let out or take up your thread. Sounds like a really good way to work with metallic threads. I hope somebody at the IOLI convention this year will have one I can see ‘in the

RE: [lace] Newly invented bobbin?

2015-03-02 Thread Noelene Lafferty
, Ontario, Canada noel...@lafferty.com.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Earl Ruth Johnson Sent: Tuesday, 3 March 2015 7:46 AM To: Lace Lace Subject: [lace] Newly invented bobbin? b - To unsubscribe send email to majord

Re: [lace] Newly invented bobbin?

2015-03-02 Thread Adele Shaak
I think you’re talking about hooded bobbins: I have one. The hood is a hollow shell that rides over top of the threads, and floats free. There are no holes in the hood other than at the top and bottom. With this new-to-me type of bobbin, the outside part does not ride free, the inside bobbin

RE: [lace] Newly invented bobbin?

2015-03-02 Thread Ruth Budge
) -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Noelene Lafferty Sent: Tuesday, 3 March 2015 8:56 AM To: 'Earl Ruth Johnson'; 'Lace Lace' Subject: RE: [lace] Newly invented bobbin? There is still something in our mailing system truncating some messages

RE: [lace] Newly invented bobbin?

2015-03-02 Thread Jay Ekers
These use a similar idea to the bobbins that used little bought spools of wound thread. A great improvement here that you are able to wind the bobbins yourself. Jay in Sydney jek...@bigpond.net.au -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf

Re: [lace] Newly invented bobbin?

2015-03-02 Thread The Lace Bee
I have a photo of one of those bobbins on my website and a link to is history. It's down the bottom of the page http://thelacebee.weebly.com/unknown-makers.html Kind Regards Liz Baker On 3 Mar 2015, at 01:50, Jay Ekers jek...@bigpond.net.au wrote: These use a similar idea to the bobbins

[lace] Newly invented bobbin?

2015-03-02 Thread Earl Ruth Johnson
​I am shamelessly copying this link from a Facebook site of which I am a member: http://madentelle.blog4ever.com/ma-dentelle-chantilly-avance Have a look at the unusual bobbins in the first and especially the third photo. Here is the link to the maker's website