And in the UK (and probably elsewhere) they told lace 'tells' or rhymes
that did a similar job. There is some thinking that the 'Jack be
nimble' nursery rhyme was one.
I think there are references to them in Thomas Wright's book, Romance
of the lace pillow and not sure if there are some in the
When it comes to my spangled East Midlands bobbins, I know I love the
soft jingle of the spangles, and I have some with bells that have a
pleasing jingle when I use them.
Beautiful.
This reminds me of a message to Arachne some time ago, about a
lacemaker with all her bobbins made of glass.
I have some glass bobbins and , when I dane to use them, the music with them
combined with the wooden bobbins is wonderful.
BarbE
- Original Message -
From: bevw
To: Helen Bell
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Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] RE: The sound
