[lace] Mystery bobbin

2007-06-16 Thread Diana Smith
Hello Debbie I think your bobbin could be a very early English Midlands type. The late Margaret Turner called these 'Cottager bobbins'. The neck for holding the thread is quite short which would indicate that the date is early when the thread being used was very fine. These very early

Re: [lace] mystery bobbin

2007-06-16 Thread martina . dewille
Hello Debbie, I looked up a German supplier site and your bobbin looks similar to Swiss bobbins. Here is the link. http://www.langendorfkloeppel.de/prodeut/produkt/pro1_d.htm Maybe that helps. But in anyway it is a pretty and surely treasured bobbin. Regards, Martina in Germany On 15 Jun

[lace-chat] Extension cords (was user manual warnings)

2007-06-16 Thread Jean Nathan
I used to teach computing in a temporary classroom (rather like a trailer home). There were insufficient power outlets and I needed to have some of he computers in the middle of the room to fit them all in, so I used 4-outlet extension cords on each of the available outlets. I had to put the

Re: [lace-chat] Re: user manual warnings

2007-06-16 Thread Bev Walker
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Tamara P Duvall wrote: .. I did do a very good imitation-bonde, didn't I? Nor you did :D ;) -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing