Hi Adele and Candy -
It sounds like your lovely pins, Adele, are the same pins I use for
Binche. Originally, I got them from Holly (Van Sciver) who sold them in
small tubes of 150 pins per tube. And they *were* expensive, (especially
since one tube is not enough for most projects!!) and of
I just have a quick question or two. What type of bobbin is traditionally
used for Tonder lace? Should I avoid spangled ones?
What is the size of pins I should use?I have be trying to look before
I go to class in case I have what I need.
Thanks
Candy
PS I have
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Subject: [lace] TONDER LACE PINS
I just have a quick question or two. What type of bobbin is traditionally
used for Tonder lace? Should I avoid spangled ones?
What is the size of pins I should use?I have be trying
Traditionally, the bobbins used in Denmark are the long ones with spherical
knobs at the ends, usually beaded. However, you can use any continental or
East Midlands bobbin that you like. Since there are virtually no sewings in
Tonder lace, it's perfectly fine to use spangled bobbins, if that's
I have googled and saw lots of pretty lace, a few bobbins and no
definitions on the size of the pins.
Generally Tonder uses very fine, long pins. I'm no Tonder expert, but I
feel the finer pins are better because you use very fine thread and you
often close your pins (ie, C-T-T, pin,
