I agree with Clay. It does not really matter what pillow I use, but the
twist of the thread certainly makes a difference.
Joepie
From: Clay Blackwell
I suspect it has everything to do with what kind of thread you're using.
Since I work mostly on a bolster, my threads behave. And I work
BL consists of 'twists' and 'crosses'
Lots of consecutive twists form a 'Z thread' and lots of consecutive crosses
form an 'S thread'.
BL has more 'twists' than 'crosses' thus the intrinsic property of BL is to
tighten a Z twisted thread and loosen an S twisted thread.
Brenda
On 15 Apr 2013,
There's a lot more to it than just where the bobbins are moved to, it's also
the way they are moved. As you speed up the bobbins tend to be flicked, or
thrown, or rolled - everyone works in a slightly different way - and that
action is more likely to have an effect on the twist of a thread.
I was just reading the class listings for IOLI Convention this year,
specifically the Idrija class.
Either a cookie pillow or a bolster is acceptable. The question comes from the
bobbin winding instructions.
For a cookie pillow, wind thread clockwise.
For a bolster pillow, wind thread
Hello Alice and everyone
I have noticed a difference if using the hooded bobbins where one uses a
rolling motion of the bobbins in the hand. Wound counter-clock, then the
half-hitch, the leash doesn't lengthen on its own and the bobbins after TC
don't try to T. It took some experimenting to come
I suspect it has everything to do with what kind of thread you're using. Since
I work mostly on a bolster, my threads behave. And I work mostly with s-twist
threads. But, if I work on a cookie pillow, there is no difference unless I am
working with z-twist threads, and they will untwist at
