Hi everyone and Jacquie who wrote: > In the same article is a reference to American Ipswich lace bobbins being made of bamboo. A quote from here says "It's thought that the five inch bobbins were brought into Ipswich Bay on trading ships, perhaps as part of the packing used to transport Oriental goods safely across the sea to New England."
If memory serves me correctly, in a much later IOLI bulletin, in an article on Ipswich lace, I read that the bobbins were made from a particularly rush that grew in the area - the rush itself must have resembled bamboo? I think there are some of the bobbins still in existence (and I think I have a photo of them sent to me by a lace friend, somewhere in the clutter that is my lace place....). -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
