Bobbins or something else?
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Bobbins or something else?
[ATTACH=CONFIG]390198[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]390199[/ATTACH]Does anybody know what these are found them in an old box of stuff that belonged to my DH aunt.
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I saw my grandmother using picks like those pictured to guide fabric through the sewing machine. Please note that I can be found doing the same thing with a long pin, the point of an embroidery scissors, and anything else that comes to hand when I need it.
The very point of one pick was broken off and I am contemplating re-sharpening it. Seems as though I have a selection of different grit fingernail files that could do the deed. When there is peace in my valley.
I have no idea about the spools. The tatting shuttles are fairly recent, though. I bought the metal ones for myself at a craft store. Gave up on tatting. My fingers kept turning blue - no blood flow.
Enjoy the day and keep warm.
Pat
The very point of one pick was broken off and I am contemplating re-sharpening it. Seems as though I have a selection of different grit fingernail files that could do the deed. When there is peace in my valley.
I have no idea about the spools. The tatting shuttles are fairly recent, though. I bought the metal ones for myself at a craft store. Gave up on tatting. My fingers kept turning blue - no blood flow.
Enjoy the day and keep warm.
Pat
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Oh, the beauty of it. If you have FCE (home making clubs) in Michigan, join one and go to camp this summer. Maybe you'll be lucky enough to have someone teaching tatting at one of the classes. That is some kinda pretty work if you do collars, or anything that needs fine fancy lace.....Hey, maybe even Paducah, if you go there in April....
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