Re: [lace] Bone bobbins

[H M Clarke]

Thank you, Brenda, and the other kind people who helped to answer my question. 
I hadn't thought about the bulbous nature of the continentals. It is 
interesting to read though that there were some bone continentals. 

I wonder whether it was the fact that bone was used for English bobbins that 
encouraged all the decorations? The midlands bobbins in particular are so much 
more elaborate while continentals are much more uniform and utilitarian. 

As for my collection? There are many, including family, who would like to get 
them but for now they remain with me. One day, I might be able to deal with my 
pain to the extent that hobbies are possible again - no harm in dreaming, 
right?!

Regards, Helen in damp British Columbia on the west coast of Canada

On 2015-09-22, at 2:51, Brenda Paternoster  wrote:

There were few, if any bone continental bobbins.  I guess that’s mostly because 
even the heavier breeds of cattle around two or three centuries ago didn’t have 
bones thick enough to form into the bulbous shape that most continental bobbins 
have.

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[lace] Bone bobbins

[Helen Clarke]

I cannot make lace at the moment and don't know whether I ever will again. 
Therefore I've been thinking that I should put some of my best bobbins on 
display to admire. This brought me to wonder about bobbins during the days of 
professional lacemakers. I know that there were bone bobbins in England but 
what about on the continent? If they existed, what type(s) were they? If they 
didn't, why not?

Thanks in advance, Helen in dark British Columbia, Canada

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Re: [lace] Bone bobbins

[Karen ZM]

Helen,

In the past, we have had some beautifully turned Maltese bobbins in bone,
but they are rather difficult to come across nowadays. I do have a few
antique ones in my collection that were given to me by a friend of my
mother's whose mother used to work lace. These are not as big as the wooden
ones were, and still are, and I very much suspect that they were used by
the more affluent members of the Maltese islands at the time, as well as by
those who worked at their lace as a pass time, rather than as a means of
income and they were probably used to work the finer laces.
I imagine there would be more around if we did not have hard stone floors
which we leave uncovered by carpets and rugs in the hot summer months.

Karen in Malta.

P.S. I apologise for not trimming the original message, but my iPad is not
allowing me to do so.

On Tue, 22 Sep 2015 at 11:31 AM Helen Clarke  wrote:

> I cannot make lace at the moment and don't know whether I ever will again.
> Therefore I've been thinking that I should put some of my best bobbins on
> display to admire. This brought me to wonder about bobbins during the days
> of professional lacemakers. I know that there were bone bobbins in England
> but what about on the continent? If they existed, what type(s) were they?
> If they didn't, why not?
>
> Thanks in advance, Helen in dark British Columbia, Canada
>
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Re: [lace] Bone bobbins

[Diana Smith]

I've just sold some of my collection of foreign bobbins, including a bone
Maltese and a bone one from Bayeux. Both were old/antique and slightly smaller
and slimmer than the wooden types.

Diana in a damp, dull Northamptonshire. In spite of that my hardy cyclamen are
putting on a glorious display in the garden.

Sent from Diana's iPad

> On 22 Sep 2015, at 10:24, Helen Clarke  wrote:
>
> I cannot make lace at the moment and don't know whether I ever will again.
Therefore I've been thinking that I should put some of my best bobbins on
display to admire. This brought me to wonder about bobbins during the days of
professional lacemakers. I know that there were bone bobbins in England but
what about on the continent? If they existed, what type(s) were they? If they
didn't, why not?
>
> Thanks in advance, Helen in dark British Columbia, Canada
>
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Re: [lace] Bone bobbins

[Brenda Paternoster]

There were few, if any bone continental bobbins.  I guess that’s mostly
because even the heavier breeds of cattle around two or three centuries ago
didn’t have bones thick enough to form into the bulbous shape that most
continental bobbins have.

Brenda
>
> I cannot make lace at the moment and don't know whether I ever will again.
Therefore I've been thinking that I should put some of my best bobbins on
display to admire. This brought me to wonder about bobbins during the days of
professional lacemakers. I know that there were bone bobbins in England but
what about on the continent? If they existed, what type(s) were they? If they
didn't, why not?
>
>

Brenda in Allhallows
paternos...@appleshack.com
www.brendapaternoster.co.uk

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Re: [lace] Bone Bobbins and colour marking.

[Dmt11home]

Really, someone should speak to the Springetts to establish the accuracy of  
the story, since my memory is not always top notch. But, as I recall, there 
was  some general discussion going on about how David had developed his bone 
bobbin  turninng abilities, experimenting with boiling cow bones, often left 
over 
from  the family dinner, and experimenting with other bones. They read in the 
paper  that the giraffe, or some other large exotic quadraped at the local 
zoo had died  and they rang up the zoo to ask if they could have its leg 
bone, 
which they  then boiled and tried to fashion into bobbins. For some reason, I 
think that the  giraffe did not make satisfactory bobbins. But this is a 
story I heard from  Christine about 20 years ago, so I may have misremembered 
it.
Devon
 
 
In a message dated 3/4/2009 1:50:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
b...@capuchin.co.uk writes:

I've  never heard that story! Can you share it with us (just in case any of 
us fel  tempted to try our hand at making giraffe-bone bobbins...) 
Beth 
in  cold (but at least it's not raining this morning) Cheshire, NW England 
Devon  wrote: 
I may even have 
  shared the story about the time the Springetts got the giraffe bone from 
  the zoo and boiled it and attempted to make bobbins with it.  


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Re: [lace] Bone Bobbins and colour marking.

[Beth Marshall]

I've never heard that story! Can you share it with us (just in case any of us 
fel tempted to try our hand at making giraffe-bone bobbins...)

Beth
in cold (but at least it's not raining this morning) Cheshire, NW England

Devon wrote:
 I may even have
 shared  the story about the time the Springetts got the giraffe bone from
 the zoo and boiled it and attempted to make bobbins with it. 


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[lace] Bone Bobbins

[Carol]

I have had a pair of cathedral bone bobbins for about 8 or 9 years  
now.  I had them in damp northern Illinois for several years and now  
for over 5 years in the Phoenix desert and they have not warped and  
work just fine.  I don't think I have dropped them though.


One of the members of the Lacey Ladies of Arizona only uses bone  
bobbins.  Very pretty on her pillow.  Have not heard her say had any  
problems with them.


I'd say go ahead and get yourself a pair and take the usual care of  
them as you do any fine wood bobbin.


Best Regards,

Carol M
Valley of the Sun
Phoenix, AZ

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[lace] Bone bobbins

[Alex Stillwell]

During 45 years of lacemkaing, sometimes with as many as 450 bobbins on the
pillow and many of them bone I have only broken one and I successfully
repaired this and a broken one I was given using superglue. I enjoy using both
wooden and bone bobbins. We all have our individual preferences. Enjoy the
ones you prefer. Alex Stillwell, It's a hot summer morning in Sussex

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[lace] bone bobbins

[rick sharon]

Two or three weeks ago I posted about some bone bobbins that an elderly
lacemaker had asked me to sell for her.  I had a few interested e-mails
about them, but first I had to get pics, then I was ill, and for the last
week I've had major computer woes :(  As a consequence of the computer
problems, I no longer have the addy's of the interested ladies ..didn't back
up any files either :(  Our Brian had kindly given me some info on the
bobbins so I can tell you more. Could those ladies please get in contact
with me again?  Thanks.  Sharon  on dull Vancouver Island

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