by Peter Smith on November 18, 2008
I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a fairly large quantity of ebony a while ago, and in a form suitable for making Lacemaking Tools as well as Bobbins. It is a lovely quality of wood with a rich shine that seems to come from within. It’s lovely to work as well.
These Pin Pusher/Lifters are the pencil grip style and are an ideal two in one tool. Many Lacemakers seem to prefer this as you can sort out your pins either by pushing or lifting all in one session as you need to move your bobbins around rather than having to use two separate tools.
You can see more details of them here => Lacemaking Tools – Ebony Pin Pusher
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by Peter Smith on November 7, 2008
I’ve written before about Random wood, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. These lacemaking bobbins are without a doubt in the former category.
This set of Random Wood Lacemaking Bobbins are made from a fairly dark wood with a close grain and fine markings, somewhat reminiscent of chocolate in color. The wood has a velvety texture and glows gently, showing off the colour variations in the grain of the wood. The wood was a joy to turn. I think it is probably a Rosewood, but it is almost impossible to identify it for certain so Random Wood it remains.
You can see more of them here => Random Wood Bobbins
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