Any ideas what this ebay item is? Can't believe it's a lace bobbin.
19TH LARGE LONG SILK IVORI LACE BOBBIN RARE
Item numbber: 180291700210
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Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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Hello Jean
I was watching his/her listing of 'real' lace bobbins. But they got
themselves into a bit of a muddle and then withdrew the listing. I contacted
them about the shipping of the bobbins to the UK which was £12 - just a tad
too much I thought.
Re this item - haven't got a clue but
To me it looks like a fancy knob for a four-poster bed. I wonder where
the other three are!
Brenda
On 22 Sep 2008, at 09:07, Jean Nathan wrote:
Any ideas what this ebay item is? Can't believe it's a lace bobbin.
19TH LARGE LONG SILK IVORI LACE BOBBIN RARE
Item numbber: 180291700210
That is a curiosity! Until I looked at the other listings, I couldn't
imagine... but then something occurred to me... The items may have all
belonged to the same owner, with similar uses, and the smaller things
seem to be spools attached to sticks. I don't know why, but there it
is. But
Dear Arachnids
The straight laces are generally made 'right side' uppermost. When you look
sideways at the top of a newly made piece just after it has come off the
pillow you will see a lot of ripples and raised points, such as spider
centres, that add texture. Turn it over and look at the
Yes, I agree with Su.
These are tools for handspinning, and probably silk, fancy for one's
leisure time ;)
The mass of unspun silk (or flax maybe) would be tucked into the folds
of the balloon on the distaff, I'm thinking this unit was meant to be
held in one arm and against a shoulder, whilst
Hi Sue and everyone
If I vary regular-head steel pins with glass headed pins, my right
pushing-in fingertip doesn't get sore. The finest pins I have been
able to find, the Clover silk pins with red or white heads, are even
good for fine Buckspoint. When I used to do Honiton, eventually I
would get
Hi Sue - I used them in Montreal at IOLI when my finger got sore after the
first session of class. I found them a little awkward at first, but soon
got used to them. Have you tried just using 2-3 layers of micropore
(readily available at the chemist and useful for other things if it doesn't
That would be good.
My solution was (shh, said very quietly) to stop doing Honiton.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:29 AM, C Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
May I suggest you go to the hardware store and pick up the nail punch that
would serve to sink the very smallest nail heads. That is what I
On 9/22/08 11:50 AM, Sue wrote:
We have spoken about the sticky pad things that stick on
the end of the finger, can anyone tell me how well they
work, if they stay put on the finger for an evening
without problems like catching on threads or whatever.
Maybe its time I searched some out and got
I wonder if the liquid bandage stuff would work? I use it
occasionally (just paint on a few layers and let dry) when I am
quilting or appliqueing when my finger gets too sore.
Jude in WY
At 02:35 PM 9/22/2008, Joy Beeson wrote:
On 9/22/08 11:50 AM, Sue wrote:
We have spoken about the
Greetings, fellow lacemakers!
I've just run across a book on eBay which I happen to own, and which was
highly recommended to me when I bought it. It is a very scholarly
history of lace, published in 1979, written by Margaret Simeon. This is
not an enormous coffee-table book which will tax
bev walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
These are tools for handspinning, and probably silk, fancy for one's
leisure time ;)
The mass of unspun silk (or flax maybe) would be tucked into the folds
of the balloon on the distaff, I'm thinking this unit was meant to be
held in one arm and against a
Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We have spoken about the sticky pad things that stick on the end of the finger,
can anyone tell me how well they work, if they stay put on the finger for an
evening without problems like catching on threads or whatever.
I've tried two types of stick-on
Wendy Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When making spiders or any other stitch that needs a pin to hold the position
when do I know when to take the pin out to make it flatter.
I do the row of pinholes surrounding the spider (including the bottom-center
one), then stop, pull the pin, and
I quite agree with Clay. This is a wonderful book; I've had mine for
many years. The price is right on eBay, but the cost of shipping to the
USA is, to me, prohibitive. There again, if one wanted it, the postage
can be factored into the cost of the book. Happy Lacemaking,Betty Ann in
Roanoke,
http://lacethread.blogspot.com/ - this site came to me via Google Alerts
this morning with an interesting article :
In this http://www.nobeltextiles.co.uk/ five designers from Central
Saint Martins have been paired with five Nobel prize winners. The idea was
that they would collaborate and the
Hello everyone
I have *5* lots of 'small stuff' up for grabs.
#1 - three lace postcards, one of a Honiton motif (the cowslip) (this card
has an apology written in the message, for an issue long forgotten! If you
don't mind a bit of handwriting on the postcard); photo of a collection
of lace and
I will ask the person nearest to my computer, in about a week, to draw
names.
--
bye for now
Bev in Shirley BC near Sooke on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada
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