hobby #246
Bobbin Lace Making
Make lace by crossing and twisting threads wound onto pairs of wooden bobbins, placing pins in a firm pillow to hold the pattern. Start with a narrow torchon lace bookmark and discover how quickly an orderly arrangement of threads can become a small administrative problem.
Sep 6 6:39 PM #246 3 min Pulling the Nearest Bobbin Made the Hole Larger
Bobbin Lace MakingA second-hand lace kit becomes an unfinished bookmark, an unexplained hole and a repair that removes more evidence than mistakes.
code-a-day tied to this hobby
- Uncrossing the Threads, One Swap at a Time Reversible Computation