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
Presumably the traditional bobbin is one of the continental styles with the
rounded bottomshowever, I've successfully used ordinary spangled
Midlands bobbins for Tonder for years. As for the pins, I use the same
pins as I do for everything else - fine lace pins that I use for Bucks.
Tonder
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,
