Re: [lace] talking to bobbins, was There's never enough room

2012-05-28 Thread David C COLLYER
Dear Lyn, But if you tell your bobbins about when they were trees, do you also tell some of them about when they were cows? Of course! And wonder where they lived and when etc. etc. Do you find that it's easier to make lace if you talk to the bobbins? Do they get tangled less? Not so

Re: [lace] talking to bobbins, was There's never enough room

2012-05-28 Thread Malvary Cole
Lyn from Lancaster wrote: I must admit I shy away from metal bobbins. I must say that I just LOVE my aluminium (or aluminum if you are in N. America and perhaps other places in the world) bobbins. They feel sooo smooth and cool and they hold a lot of thread too. They were popular in the

RE: [lace] talking to bobbins, was There's never enough room

2012-05-28 Thread Sue
David, I talk to my plants in the garden and tell them to grow and that they are beautiful, my family already think I'm mad and would really think I had flipped if I started talking to my bobbins as well. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the

RE: [lace] talking to bobbins, was There's never enough room

2012-05-28 Thread Susie Rose
Hi Hi! My Godmother talked to her africian violets. They bloomed beautifully...except for 1. She spent extra time with this one. Still no blossoms or new leaves. Then she tried some reverse phychology on it. Telling it how ugly it was how beautiful all the other violets were. And if it