Hand turned lace bobbins, lace related items and needlework tools
Midlands Wood Bobbins
Decorated Bobbins
See Wood Choices for descriptions of the woods.
| C | Wood with burl or acrylic insets. | $9.00 |
| RP | Patchwork: each ring is multiple colors. | $9.00 |
| RM | Five different woods, 4 loose rings. | $9.00 |
| D3 | Inset beads, all different. | $8.00 |
| BT | Inlaid wood (bitted) patterns. | $8.00 |
Twist Bobbins
| Twist 1 | A single continuous twist.* | $8.00 | ||
| Twist 2 | Barley twist. | $8.00 | ||
| Twist 3 | Triple twist.* | $8.00 | ||
| Twist 4 | Quadruple twist. | $8.00 | ||
| Twist 5 | One wide, one narrow twist. | $8.00 |
Fancy Turned Bobbins
| T1* | $5.00 | |
| T2* | $5.00 | |
| T3* | $5.00 | |
| T4* | $5.00 | |
| T5* | $5.00 | |
| T6* | $5.00 | |
| T7 | $5.00 | |
| T8 | $5.00 |
Bucks Point or Travel Sized Wood Bobbins
Items marked with * are available in travel bobbins. The design may be simplified to fit the smaller 3 1/2 inch length. Just specify travel on the order blank. All wood Bucks/Travel size are $4.00 each.
This photo shows the average
lengths of the travel and the full sized Midlands bobbins.
Limited supply woods:
Ebony (E) black with medium
to fine texture, brown or white figure.
Kingwood (K) light to dark
purple brown, highly figured.
Bird's Eye Maple (BM) creamy
white to gold, with random golden 'knots'.
Boxwood (BW) lemony tan with
a fine texture.
Cocus Wood (CW) creamy brown
to light orange, heavy and takes a great polish.
Texas Ebony (TEB) light to
dark chocolate brown, takes a high polish.
Lignum Vitae (LV) the hardest
and heaviest wood there is, dark brown-green, takes a very high polish.
Other woods may be available on occasion.
Wire: Gold, Green, Red,
Silver (non tarnish).
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