[lace] There's never enough room
Liz wrote: David, I was taught Never to pick up the bobbins by their spangles as that can wear and break the wire or thread - whatever - that holds the beads on. That is what the shank is for - for picking them up! :) Picking up the bobbins by their spangles is the only way I can pick them up. If I didn't do that I'd have to give up lacemaking. My fingers don't work properly so picking up a bobbin by the shank is extremely difficult - means your thumb and finger tip are side-by-side and have to grip the bobbin as opposed to finger on top of thumb with the thumb lifting and the finger steadying. I've never had a thread break - have had them untwist as we all have - but then I don't use fine threads. And I rarely have a broken wire - easily fixed anyway. As we've said before, there are no lace police so do what's comfortable or necessary. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] There's never enough room
I was taught Never to pick up the bobbins by their spangles as that can wear and break the wire or thread The main reason to be taught not to handle the bobbins by the spangles is that there is a limit to how quickly you can work that way but if you are like Jean and have dexterity issues, it might be the quickest, least painful or only option available. Jacquie in Lincolnshire. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Demonstrating for the Diamond Jubilee
Good morning I am pleased to advise everyone that Wolds Lacemakers, which is based in the UK, East Yorkshire/Lincolnshire area, will be demonstrating our lacemaking skills at Ferens Art Gallery, Hull from 12 noon to 4.p.m. as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations that are being organised by Hull City Council. We aim to further promote lace and lacemaking within the area. We will also have on display a few photographs showing the lace jabot and cuffs which a few of us made, at her request, for the current High Sheriff of Yorkshire. If anyone wants any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Regards Maureen Bromley (Wolds Lacemakers) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] aluminum bobbins
Hello All! Is anyone suspicious of using aluminum bobbins in light of the way that knitters are avoiding aluminum needles? It's probably an old wives' tale, but there may be some anecdotal evidence to suggest health risk from excessively handling aluminum. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] There's never enough room
The last time this issue came up, I was discussing some sort of tray as Shirley and Liz mention, but I wanted sides that came up for storage to prevent rolling off, and came down when I wanted to use the bobbins, so they could just be put on the pillow and treated as some sort of cover cloth on the pillow, then the sides come up again for storage. Any ideas, anyone? I like the cloth idea especially, much less chance of breaking the thread on an edge. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA where it's going to be another hot one, high in the upper 80's, 27-29C but sunny. Time for the air conditioning, all gardening done in the early morning. Shirley wrote: use working cloths to support about 10 pairs at a time, stacking on top of each other to either side. One can stack an awful lot of bobbins that way. Liz wrote: As to stacking them up - I have seen people use the base of a plastic dish - like an ice cream tub, cut down to just about a one inch side, - on 3 sides, and no side at all on the 4th, and the bobbins sit in the tray, and they can be stacked one on another at the side of the working area. It seamed to work OK. My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Re: Demonstrating for the Diamond Jubilee
Hi I have just realised I did not give you the date, it is Monday 4th June. Regards Maureen Bromley I am pleased to advise everyone that Wolds Lacemakers, which is based in the UK, East Yorkshire/Lincolnshire area, will be demonstrating our lacemaking skills at Ferens Art Gallery, Hull from 12 noon to 4.p.m. as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations that are being organised by Hull City Council. We aim to further promote lace and lacemaking within the area. We will also have on display a few photographs showing the lace jabot and cuffs which a few of us made, at her request, for the current High Sheriff of Yorkshire. If anyone wants any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] aluminum bobbins
On 29/05/2012 9:33 PM, hottl...@neo.rr.com wrote: Hello All! Is anyone suspicious of using aluminum bobbins in light of the way that knitters are avoiding aluminum needles? It's probably an old wives' tale, but there may be some anecdotal evidence to suggest health risk from excessively handling aluminum. Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Erie, PA USA Well, I'm still here, happy and healthy and I've been using my DH's aluminium bobbins for lots of years now. Cheers, Shirley T. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Re: Talking to Bobbins
I talk to my plants Sue There has been some research that illustrates that communicating with plants helps. I don't think there is any research on talking to bobbins, but am not sure talking to inanimate things would warrant research. Then there is the whole discussion that occurs about whether plants are really inanimate... :) Best, Susan Reishus (Who believes that the magic ingredient in very successful cooking is love, and that this is verging on Lace Chat subject matter). - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
RE: [lace] There's never enough room
Lyn, you got my thinking going for a tray that didn't take up much room but was stiff enough to scoop under the bobbins but not abraid the threads. Why not encase a piece of plastic in cloth. The plastic should be stiff enough to scoop under the bobbins and support them in order -- maybe 6-7 wide and deep as you like for your bobbin length. There would be fabric side extensions, maybe 4 wide, to fold over the bobbins and prevent them from rolling out and also opened for lacing. Also, with fabric, a pin could be used if needed to hold them on the pillow for storage. Diane Z Lubec, Maine, USA -Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of lynrbai...@desupernet.net Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 7:27 AM To: Tregellas Family Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] There's never enough room The last time this issue came up, I was discussing some sort of tray as Shirley and Liz mention, but I wanted sides that came up for storage to prevent rolling off, and came down when I wanted to use the bobbins, so they could just be put on the pillow and treated as some sort of cover cloth on the pillow, then the sides come up again for storage. Any ideas, anyone? I like the cloth idea especially, much less chance of breaking the thread on an edge. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA where it's going to be another hot one, high in the upper 80's, 27-29C but sunny. Time for the air conditioning, all gardening done in the early morning. Shirley wrote: use working cloths to support about 10 pairs at a time, stacking on top of each other to either side. One can stack an awful lot of bobbins that way. Liz wrote: As to stacking them up - I have seen people use the base of a plastic dish - like an ice cream tub, cut down to just about a one inch side, - on 3 sides, and no side at all on the 4th, and the bobbins sit in the tray, and they can be stacked one on another at the side of the working area. It seamed to work OK. My email sends out an automatic message. Arachne members, please ignore it. I read your emails. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] There's never enough room
Dear Robyn, Some interesting ideas here which could inspire others to take them further. A thin wood dowel ought to work just as well as coathanger wire and be easier to make up. And wood will grip the thread beginning, making them much easier to wrap. As soon as I read that I immediately thought of those cheap wooden meat skewers. I recall in my early days when I didn't have enough bobbins I used them with just a rubber band wound round the head and no spangle at all. It was a pain though. However, if I glued a small metal nut on to the end, they could work. The only disadvantage I can see with such think bobbins is that they'd be a pain to wind. An alternative magnetic bobbin is carriage bolts, if they come in a thin enough size for you. Love that idea - and I hadn't thought of it. I'll check them out at the hardware store. thanks David in Ballarat, AUS - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
RE: [lace] There's never enough room
Re Carriage Bolts: When I first tried lace making, supplies were difficult to find so I used carriage bolts. But, they colored the thread, so coat them first with some type of varnish. Diane Z Lubec, Maine, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] There's never enough room
If you want narrow bobbins but with a square end, you should check out the bobbins made by Richard Pikul in Canada. They are as slim as a midlands but flare out at the bottom. You can see a sample on this website http://www.lacegazette.com/CLGbobbinlarge.html and you can contact him by email for a pdf brochure. rpi...@sympatico.ca I have enough for a Milanese pillow and I love the feel of his finish. He weights the ends inside with lead, but it does not cling to a magnet. Tried it. Wonder if he could weight them with something that would be more attractive to a magnet? My DD had a pair of bobbins made for me for a special occasion, and we have had them for commemorative bobbins at my guild. I used Paypal to buy some from him, so dealing with another country was no problem. No relation, just a satisfied customer who wishes she had unlimited funds. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] RE: talking to bobbins
I have 1 bobbin I've talked to so far. It's a family Antique, and I have no idea who the Charles is on the bobbin from 1842, and where he fitted into the family history, but I did ask him very nicely to not give me trouble while I worked on a piece of Lester lace in class with Holly VS 2 years ago. Charles did seem to respect my request, and the bobbin behaved itself :-) Maybe it's because I have him working away on my projects, and he likes that. Who knows :-) I do have some aluminium, brass, and brass tipped bobbins. I don't use them much except for gimps, as the weight seems to help me keep my gimps in order. I do love the brass tipped wood one I bought many years ago from someone associated with the group in Canberra. It's a nicely turned wood, and the brass is milled beautifully, and it's just a very pleasing bobbin to use. Cheers, Helen, Duvall, WA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] There's never enough room
Wow, talking about the meat trays, those styrofoam trays are not very deep, but they are smooth and will hold weight. you can get a few free from butchers but collect the right size to suit you. If you cover it with cloth and also have the side flaps mentioned above, that would serve for travel as well as holding them for use. I would be tempted to have the flaps extra long so several trays could be stacked and then secured together. The edge would allow scooping without actually changing the configuration. But if you wanted smaller ones that would only hold maybe 10-12 bobbins each, you can cut them in half and use the lack of the lip as the scoop. I will have to test this out myself as a rubber band can secure the bobbins in the tray and altho it would suffer, you can use divider or hat pins to secure the tray to the pillow. these can be disposable after a few uses. Hugs, Lin and the Mali Overton, NV USA On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 9:42 AM, David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.auwrote: Dear Robyn, Some interesting ideas here which could inspire others to take them further. A thin wood dowel ought to work just as well as coathanger wire and be easier to make up. And wood will grip the thread beginning, making them much easier to wrap. As soon as I read that I immediately thought of those cheap wooden meat skewers. I recall in my early days when I didn't have enough bobbins I used them with just a rubber band wound round the head and no spangle at all. It was a pain though. However, if I glued a small metal nut on to the end, they could work. The only disadvantage I can see with such think bobbins is that they'd be a pain to wind. An alternative magnetic bobbin is carriage bolts, if they come in a thin enough size for you. Love that idea - and I hadn't thought of it. I'll check them out at the hardware store. thanks David in Ballarat, AUS - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/**user/arachne2003/albums/most-**recenthttp://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent -- Hugs, Lin and the Mali *Inside every older person is a younger person -- wondering what the hell happened. * - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
RE: [lace] There's never enough room
At 03:47 AM 30/05/2012, Diane Z wrote: Re Carriage Bolts: When I first tried lace making, supplies were difficult to find so I used carriage bolts. But, they colored the thread, so coat them first with some type of varnish. OK - thanks Diane David in Ballarat, AUS - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] There's never enough room
On 5/29/12 12:27 PM, Diane Z wrote: . . . Why not encase a piece of plastic in cloth. And for plastic that you can pin through: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_canvas -- Joy Beeson http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://www.debeeson.net/LakeCam/LakeCam.html west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where summer has begun. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Aluminum bobbins
I have some that my husband made...and I use them. I really don't think they are a health risk...it isn't like you are sleeping with them or holding onto them all of the timeI would use them. They make such a pretty tinkliing soundvery relaxing Wind To Thy Wings, Sherry celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com http://celticdreamweaver.com/ http://celticdreamweave.blogspot.com/ Nata 616 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Another thought on Aluminum bobbins
Another reason maybe knitters don't use aluminum needles is because they are so splippery expecially when knitting a lace shawl for instance. Wind To Thy Wings, Sherry celticdreamwe...@yahoo.com http://celticdreamweaver.com/ http://celticdreamweave.blogspot.com/ Nata 616 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] There's never enough room
I to have a few bobbins made by Richard Pikul. I agree with Janice about the feel and balance of them. They are very a pleasure to use.\ Donna Near Chicago. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] There's never enough room
I have some, but they aren't that narrow. They take just as much space as most of my other bobbins. The most slender I have were made by the Perrins' son (SMP lace, his name escapes me, starts with N?) and lots of them would fit on a pillow in one layer. On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: If you want narrow bobbins but with a square end, you should check out the bobbins made by Richard Pikul in Canada. They are as slim as a midlands but flare out at the bottom. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] There's never enough room
I agree with Janice and Donna that these bobbins are a pleasure to work with. But Bev, they are not to be confused with someone else's bobbins... his are totally unique! I have a few of them, and find that regardless of whether I'm using spangled bobbins or Bayeux bobbins, or for that matter any other bobbin, they fit right in and play well with others. I will say, however, that I'm not convinced they would meet David's criteria for ultra-slim. Clay On 5/29/2012 3:57 PM, Donna Fousek wrote I to have a few bobbins made by Richard Pikul. I agree with Janice about the feel and balance of them. They are very a pleasure to use.\ Donna - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] RE:
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Re: [lace] There's never enough room
Was it Neill? Richard's are less than 1/4 on the stem but do open out to a little less than 1/2 which is less than spangles take up. I just like the feel of them. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org I have some, but they aren't that narrow. They take just as much space as most of my other bobbins. The most slender I have were made by the Perrins' son (SMP lace, his name escapes me, starts with N?) and lots of them would fit on a pillow in one layer. On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: If you want narrow bobbins but with a square end, you should check out the bobbins made by Richard Pikul in Canada. They are as slim as a midlands but flare out at the bottom. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] There's never enough room
Hi, Richard Pikul does not have a web site just email. His bobbins are a dream to work with, the wood finish wonderful. Joan in Ontario. On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Was it Neill? Richard's are less than 1/4 on the stem but do open out to a little less than 1/2 which is less than spangles take up. I just like the feel of them. Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org I have some, but they aren't that narrow. They take just as much space as most of my other bobbins. The most slender I have were made by the Perrins' son (SMP lace, his name escapes me, starts with N?) and lots of them would fit on a pillow in one layer. On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Janice Blair jbl...@sbcglobal.net wrote: If you want narrow bobbins but with a square end, you should check out the bobbins made by Richard Pikul in Canada. They are as slim as a midlands but flare out at the bottom. -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Re: Aluminum Bobbins
Is anyone suspicious of using aluminum bobbins (as) knitters are avoiding aluminum needles...there may be some anecdotal evidence to suggest health risk from excessively handling aluminum. Sue Hottie There just was a big discussion on a sewing machine list and online things conflict but note, that aluminum is absorbed through the air, cookware, deodorants, etc. Of note, is that coincidentally many reknown knitters died of Alzheimers (when aluminum needles were the main composition used). I think if you are a more acidic body type I would avoid them, just as one avoids cooking acidic foods (like tomatoes) in aluminum. To some degree, aluminum rubs off on things so could color threads (wound closest to the bobbin) as one doesn't realize until you knit several rows of white, and see that there is a greyish tinge. (This is more obvious with Addi Lace needles, which are brass). When knitting, one thinks you aren't as directly exposed, but with lace knitting, perhaps more. If you have ever had an aluminum detox, you really feel the difference but won't notice if over the years as it accrues. It is pretty amazing, along with chelation therapy for other metals that are considered by practitioners (Dr.'s) like aluminum, lead, nickel, etc. It does interfere with some things we blame on aging like mental function, and other concerns linked to anemia, but those are only two of many. HTH, Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace-chat] Bookmark Exchange
Evening everyone, Could everyone who has mailed their bookmarks already please let me know so I can mark you off? My computer dumped and I lost some information. Thank you, Amber Forest, VA To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace-chat] Bookmark Exchange
Amber, i mailed all mine the week you sent out my list of names I have received 2 so far. Sallie On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 8:42 PM, lac...@aol.com wrote: Evening everyone, Could everyone who has mailed their bookmarks already please let me know so I can mark you off? My computer dumped and I lost some information. Thank you, Amber Forest, VA To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/**user/arachne2003/albums/most-**recenthttp://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] There's never enough room
David C COLLYER dccoll...@ncable.net.au wrote: A thin wood dowel ought to work just as well as coathanger wire and As soon as I read that I immediately thought of those cheap wooden meat skewers. I recall in my early days when I didn't have enough bobbins I used them with just a rubber band wound round the head and no spangle at all. It was a pain though. However, if I glued a small metal nut on to the end, they could work. The only disadvantage I can see with such think bobbins is that they'd be a pain to wind. I was thinking of the skewers, too, but opted for a more general description. But they would be a lot easier to wind than your coathangers. Both are hard because they're very narrow, but that's what you want. On the other hand, it's really hard to get thread to stick to metal for winding smoothly and reasonably tightly, while the skewers are usually bamboo (at least in the US) and hold the thread well. Robin Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] There's never enough room (collapsible boxes)
lynrbai...@desupernet.net wrote: The last time this issue came up, I was discussing some sort of tray as Shirley and Liz mention, but I wanted sides that came up for storage to prevent rolling off, and came down when I wanted to use the bobbins, so they could just be put on the pillow and treated as some sort of cover cloth on the pillow, then the sides come up again for storage. Any ideas, anyone? I like the cloth idea especially, much less chance of breaking the thread on an edge.- Instead of trying to construct a box with sides that fold down, how about a lid that a box comes down onto? There are plenty of plastic boxes out there with snap-on lids. Some of them are of non-brittle plastic so you could probably carve one side's edge off. Then 3 sides of the box fit into the groove in the lid and the 4th side has a shallow gap that the threads feed through from the bobbins inside. I suggest you keep an eye out for shallow, soft-plastic boxes of appropriate dimensions. Second option: Big cardboard rectangle to support the bobbins, covered with fabric with a seam around the cardboard (acts as hinge for sides and keeps the cardboard in place). Three sides have a narrow rectangle of carboard and the fabric from the base extends over these cardboard walls. Put laces or velcro hook-and-loop fabric or button-and-loop at the corners of the side pieces. To create a tray, fold the sides upright and tie/hook them together. To turn it into a cover cloth, untie/unhook the sides and they'll flop down. I don't know how clear this is. I could draw something and send it to you if you're interested. It's beyond my ASCII-art abilities. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
