At 02:06 PM 3/7/06 +, The Browns wrote:
For those of us who can't get to fishing shops, possible we could use
good eyebrow tweezers .Any thoughts?
I don't know about bobbin lace, but eyebrow tweezers are essential for sewing.
I like the kind that are cut off on a slant, so that you can
At the start of this discussion, a bobbin holder made
of tongue depressor was mentioned, but not detailed.
I use these very cheap holders alot.
Get basic tongue depressors from the First Aid section
of your store, or colored ones from the craft store.
Use wire cutters to snip a piece off the
Hi all,
First I want to apologize for not being 100% sure of the maker.
But at Convention last year in Denver I bought a bobbin with
one of these little swivel things on the end. It is exactly the 'rotary
hackle' that Tamara is talking about but in stead of that metal shaft
there is a wooden
Hi Bobbi -
Yes, Richard Worthen is the maker, and that is the little gadget that I've
mentioned. I gave him one of my own swivel hackles and asked him to put a
bobbin handle on it. Since then, he has made hundreds of them! They're
handy to have to help with those really short broken
These are very common in sewing and quilting stores.
Clotilde has them in her catalog I believe.
Lorri
A vendor at a recent lace day was selling telescoping metal rods with a
magnet on the tip. They were 60 cm (24) when fully extended but
collapsed down to pen size; they also have a
For what it is worth,
The Ace Hardware stores often has the telescoping magnet pins on the counter
as you check out.
Susie Johnson
Morris, IL
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On Mar 7, 2006, at 19:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robin) wrote:
I have a pair of reverse tweezers, but I didn't get them from Holly.
They're a little longer than a bobbin, which I prefer to the very short
hackle pliers. And, since they're made from ribbon-shaped metal
instead of the round
Another cheap friend/tool has just occured to me: tweezers (ordinary,
not cross action), fairly large and long (ca 6/15cm), of which about
a third (at the business end) is thin _and curved_... I hadn't
thought of it earlier, because I don't use it all that often. But, in
laces where one has a
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Sent: Wednesday, 8 March 2006 4:22 PM
To: lace Arachne
Subject: [lace] Re: Helpful cheap tools
And another cheap date... I don't use brass pins; all of mine --
irrespective of the size and shape -- are either stainless steel or
nickel-plated. So
