Thanks for the pictures, Noelene. They remind me of some bobbins a saw years
ago. A woman liked Swedish style bobbins, but wanted more weight. She had a
woodworker make her bobbins with lead in the bottom. The shape looked a lot
like your bobbins, with the lead visible as a gray bottom.
I
Ive not had much response to my query about hollow bobbins, so Ive taken
some photos of them and put them up on my personal website. The link is:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/custom_005.htm
If anyone recognises them, or can tell me more about them, it would be
appreciated.
Noelene
Ah! Nolene...Now I see what you mean. I have one of those except there
is a plug on the bottom and when the plug is removed, a small bobbin
falls out. I think it is called Cow and Calf or Mother and Baby I
got the bobbin in an antique/junk shop in England in 1978
or thereabouts. The plug on my
Hi Noelene,
How very intriguing!! I don't think I've seen any bobbins like the ones
you have.
The only bobbins I've seen at the National Museum here in Tartu are
long, thin tapered at the end.
Can you post a photo of at least a pair of them, so we can see what they
look like?
Thanks,
Pene
I've never seen any like this either! But I wonder if perhaps the owner
of the bobbins liked the sound made when they were used? They probably
make quite a musical sound!
Clay
pene piip wrote:
Hi Noelene,
How very intriguing!! I don't think I've seen any bobbins like the
ones you have.
Hi Noelene;
I have in my possession some bobbins that are weighted. Originally they
would have been hollow. They do not have spangles, just a little wooden
button on the end that would be holding the weight in. Mine are square.
I got these at IOLI this summer from the Canadian Lacemaker
The person who makes these bobbins is Richard Pikul who lives in
Ontario. He designed them himself, with consultation from a relative in
England who is a lacemaker. They were designed to be used instead of
spangled bobbins, and the weight he puts inside the bobbin gives it a
perfect balance.
A friend was recently lent a bag full of unused bobbins belonging to a
European lady - possibly Estonian, Pene.
The bobbins are all very cheap plain wood, simply turned. Instead of coming
to a point at the end, they are flared out, and are hollow inside. There
are 60 of these, all
