Torchon Bobbin Lace. The Essentials Part 1

[@marytennessee1844]

Thank you for doing your videos! Looking so forward to each of them. You explain everything so well.

[@sl-st8mv]

thank you so much! I m learning bobbin lace, and it is so hard! u hv just saved me!

[@barbkafilmout9449]

Oh thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and beautiful lace!

[@maryr1441]

Thank you for the information I just started bobbin lace and need all the help I can get

[@ablindgibsongirl]

Good morning Sandra. Thank you for making such detailed videos. I am a blind crafter. I knit, crochet, and shuttle tat. I hope to add spinning and real lace making. I feel if I had the bobbins and pillow I could follow along with you. Have you ever taught someone who was blind? The card stock used for patterns is thick enough to handle a tracing wheel.. Making the lines raised would be easy to feel. Working with fine threads won't be a problem since the bobbins are what is being handled. I love the thought of spangled bobbins with pretty charms.

[@thelaceowl4178]

ablindgibsongirl if I can I would love to mentor you. I think you can do it, but you would need to be able to identify single bobbins. You could definitely use a tracing wheel on the card to identify each pattern and if you have patterns that have already been pricked then maybe we could work through a pattern

[@ablindgibsongirl]

The Lace Owl That sounds lovely. I think your teaching style is perfect. I have been looking at beginner bobbin lace hits, is there a particular brand you recommend?

[@thelaceowl4178]

ablindgibsongirl these are just my thoughts but I think to begin with you need bobbins with different beads on, you would need 10. For pins to begin with I would suggest glass head pins, your tatting thread would be great, and you would need a cookie pillow. I would suggest you buy your bobbins that feel different to you, either the spangles or the bobbins themselves. You will have to identify each bobbin by its feel, your first pattern is just an elongated upside down U so you would need some card, back of a Christmas card, something about that weight

[@ablindgibsongirl]

The Lace Owl That all sounds doable. Is there a difference between types of bobbins? I have two balls of size twenty tatting thread, I also have five by seven index cards. I am thinking an eighteen inch pillow is a good size without being too small. Almost there.

[@mmw55122]

Beautiful!!

[@thelaceowl4178]

Thank you

[@TeamD2012]

I’m just getting into bobbin lace. Where did u get ur roller/cube combo pillow? Thanks 😀

[@thelaceowl4178]

If you check the Internet or Ebay you can find stockist. I can only comment on UK. I think I found mine on eBay

[@TeamD2012]

Thank u 😀

[@AsinsalaRatnayake]

Thank you. Love the explanation. Are those pillows custom made?

[@thelaceowl4178]

Asinsala Ratnayake thank you. For the lovely comments. All my pillows are bought. I made a couple years ago but haven’t got them any longer

[@AsinsalaRatnayake]

@@thelaceowl4178 thank you for the response. Would love to know from where. Specially the travel pillow. I' m still a beginner and learning a lot from you.

[@thelaceowl4178]

Asinsala Ratnayake thanks, buying bobbin pillows very much depends where in the world you are. A good place to would be eBay. I have bought 3 of mine on ebay

[@AsinsalaRatnayake]

@@thelaceowl4178 i live in Sri Lanka. Thank you once again. I'll look in ebay 😊

[@ablindgibsongirl]

Hello Sandra. I have recently joined a bobbin lace group on facebook and was looking for your group as well. I would love to join. My searches for the lace owl have been in vain. Thank you.

[@thelaceowl4178]

Search for traditional bobbin lace. It’s a bit quiet at the moment