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Post PostSecret
Aug. 9th, 2015 08:59 amI got my weekly LJ dump of PostSecrets last night, which included an announcement that Frank would be doing his tour talk at the Bass Hall in Fort Worth....
...yesterday.
Oh well.
...yesterday.
Oh well.
Aug. 9th, 2015
Bobbin' for the Cheap Apples
Aug. 9th, 2015 06:56 pmI'm interested in trying out making bobbin lace, but that requires a kit to get started. The kit usually includes some form of "pillow" which will accept straight sewing pins, a whole bunch of said pins, a pattern or two, thread, and a certain number of bobbins for holding the thread.
Bobbins of these sorts come in all shapes and sizes and material (just search for "bobbin lace bobbins" to check them out), but I really enjoyed these two articles which proved to me that bobbins of this kind don't necessarily have to be expensive.
Small tapestry bobbins - aka 4" golf tees
scroll down to about 3/4 of the page past lots of images for a beginner project and feast your eyes upon these very secure bobbins - aka clothes pins
This gets me to thinking that perhaps Q-tips might could work as well, although the cotton at the end would start unraveling with the thread motions. Heck, how about plastic spoons? Although, typically the edges of the spoon are semi-sharp and might cut the thread as it moves off the spoon. By that token, a full set of knitting needles could work just as well. I'll have to keep brainstorming on this.
Bobbins of these sorts come in all shapes and sizes and material (just search for "bobbin lace bobbins" to check them out), but I really enjoyed these two articles which proved to me that bobbins of this kind don't necessarily have to be expensive.
Small tapestry bobbins - aka 4" golf tees
scroll down to about 3/4 of the page past lots of images for a beginner project and feast your eyes upon these very secure bobbins - aka clothes pins
This gets me to thinking that perhaps Q-tips might could work as well, although the cotton at the end would start unraveling with the thread motions. Heck, how about plastic spoons? Although, typically the edges of the spoon are semi-sharp and might cut the thread as it moves off the spoon. By that token, a full set of knitting needles could work just as well. I'll have to keep brainstorming on this.