Knotwork lace bobbins order info

How to Order You may use this form to mail or e-mail an order. A complete address is needed. Orders will be sent USPS and insured as needed. Most orders will go out in two weeks or so; bone takes an additional four or five days after turning to bleach. Your patience is appreciated.
I will confirm your order; you may send a check, traveler's check or money order, which I will not cash until the bobbins have been shipped to you.

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                         Texas residents ONLY have to add 8.25% sales tax _______
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I realize that some of you would prefer to use your credit cards when ordering. There are many credit card services out there today. I have not yet found one which 1) did not charge a large fee to process orders or 2) did not set a limit on order amounts. I have tried to keep my prices fair, and as there are many things in this catalog below their order limits, these rules would force me to either raise prices or set a minimum order.   Since those options would not be beneficial to you, I have decided not to use these services.

Questions? Contact me or direct any correspondence to:
522 West Oak Drive, Round Rock , Texas 78664

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About Knotwork

For those of you who do not know me, I have been a bobbin lace maker since 1984; I began turning my own bobbins in 1994.

I make each of my bobbins entirely by hand from start to finish. That is why the head may vary a bit from bobbin to bobbin, or two of a kind will have small differences. A smooth feel is important to me in the bobbins I use, and I have tried to achieve that by recessing wires, beads and paints into the shaft instead of simply placing them on its surface. This also helps keep the decorations protected from wear.

Bobbins can be made from almost any wood, but many woods are not truly suitable for them. Very soft woods will break easily; coarse grained woods cause pits in the head which will catch threads; some woods will leach color if a thread is left wound on them too long. I try to avoid woods like these, but if I do have a wood of that type, I'll warn you about it.

I use native and exotic hardwoods of fine to medium texture and almost every piece comes from managed logging. The bone is beef bone, pre-sterilized and bleached again after it is turned to its final shape.

To me, spangling is a personalizing statement about my bobbins and my pillow. Also, spangling would add to the cost of the bobbins, which I try to keep as low as possible, and take much time away from turning them. This is why I do not spangle the bobbins I sell.

There are many variations on the bobbins shown here that can be worked. If you have any comments, questions, or special requests, I would be glad to hear from you.

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PS. Just to clarify something.... the above text has been in my catalogs for over nine years now. I have recently seen portions of it, slightly altered, on another bobbin maker's site. It may be that he read my catalog at some point and subconsciously wrote a similar wording. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery. I just wanted to make it clear that I was not imitating him.

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