Hello All! At the 2014 IOLI convention in Sacramento, I attended Lauran
Sundin's wire lace class. One of the techniques she demonstrated in class
involved twisting wires together to make heavier cable. She used a cordless
drill at low speed. Today I wanted to combine two strands of 28 two
This also works well with a bobbin winder, attaching the ends of the
bobbins to a bobbin. When I don't have another pair of hands around I duck
tape the free ends to my granite counter top.
Kimâ
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 6:41 PM, Susan hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote:
Hello All! At the 2014 IOLI
Would a drop spindle or support spindle work?
Sue M
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On Aug 7, 2015, at 10:22 PM, Kim Davis k...@wirelace.net wrote:
This also works well with a bobbin winder, attaching the ends of the
bobbins to a bobbin. When I don't have another pair of hands around I duck
tape
If one needs to cord four 'threads' (strands of wire) why not hammer a
nail into a wooden fence post in the garden, loop the wire around the
nail and insert the four cut ends into the chuck of a hand drill? The
drill can be wound very easily and with complete control. This seems to
work for
Bespokethreadsandyarns bespokethreadsandya...@gmail.com wrote:
Would a drop spindle or support spindle work?
I don't believe it would have enough 'oomph' to twist up wire. A drop spindle
just has the momentum created by its own weight, which isn't much. I think you
would have to keep
