Fw: [lace] bobbins tied or wound loose`

Thank you all for sharing some amusing and unusual stories about why you tie thread to bobbins, it makes a lot of good sense :-) Obviously the cat and the dog story tickled my sense of humour most, so thank you VBG Shame about the lost bobbins. I have a chair that has eaten a needle case!

[lace] bobbins tied or wound loose`

BlankHi all, I will give you a very good reason to tie the thread onto the bobbins with a slip knot. I re-enact in a cabin with a wood floor. I could loose my mother's false teeth through the holes between the boards. There is no getting them back... HeHeHe. Acts like a fish line, just pull

Re: [lace] bobbins tied or wound loose`

I tie mine on after a hard lesson: I wound up 200 pair for a project and head a knock on the door. It was my downstairs neighbor. She was having a miscarriage and could I take her to the ER. Of course, I was out the door before the words were totally out of her mouth. Didn't even bother to turn

Re: [lace] bobbins tied or wound loose`

Thank you all for explaining why you tie your thread to the bobbins - I don't, but at least now I will remember *why* it is a good idea and will only have myself to blame if I lose a bobbin because of it not being tied. It also gives me a reason to be more patient with another lacemaker who is

Re: [lace] bobbins tied or wound loose`

Subject: Re: [lace] bobbins tied or wound loose` Thank you all for explaining why you tie your thread to the bobbins - I don't, but at least now I will remember *why* it is a good idea and will only have myself to blame if I lose a bobbin because of it not being tied. It also gives me

Re: [lace] bobbins tied or wound loose` (Shuttles)

Hi Lacer, I have to jump in here...which you don't find me doing, but just can't resist having a good laugh all over again. I know this is about a tatting shuttle and not a bobbin, but sorta on subject. Several years ago, I found myself dropping my tatting shuttle (silver) down the wood