After seeing Mrs. Sibley's lace pillow, the first thing I discovered about bobbin lace was that it was not made with just one bobbin.... ooooooh no! Depending on the lace you are making, you could need hundreds of these little sticks!
So I began the task of collecting them. That was when I discovered Plastic bobbins. They were affordable and came in many different styles and colors! They are still the first bobbin I suggest to people I teach for those very reasons.
Before you gasp at the idea of making gorgeous handmade lace with "plastic", let me say that I was privileged to watch a lacemaker at work on a very detailed handkerchief edging. She was only using plastic bobbins, and her work was phenomenal!!
So, is the tool or the lacemaker what is really important, I ask you...
2 comments:
the only problem I have had with plastic bobbins is that sometimes the thread seems to slip off, other than that they are ok as long as they have glass beads to give a bit of weight.
I amnot sure about plastic bobbins. They are not good in the hand. I am doing bobbin lace for more than 20 years and I would not use pastic. Your bobbins are alive, you have relationship with them, they are singing in your hands. Pastic is plasticand you are loosing something.
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