Five Rivers Bobbin Lacemakers

Five Rivers Teachers
To study with any of these teachers, please contact info@fiveriversbobbinlace.org.
All of our teachers welcome beginners.

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Basic Supply List

Pillow - roller or "cookie" (at least 18" in diameter)
Pins - ordinary sewing pins work well with the heavier threads
Bobbins - use either the English spangled style or Continental - you'll need two dozen to start but will need a third dozen shortly thereafter. If you want to have spangled bobbins, use #24 brass wire and glass or ceramic beads. Plastic beads are too light but will work in a pinch.
Cover Cloths, worker cloths - at least two cloths, one to put between your pillow and your bobbins to protect your pillow while you're working and one to cover your pillow while you are not working. A dark piece of 100% cotton with a selvedge edge on one side works well.
Flat elastic, braid, ribbon, shoelace or string - to tie down your bobbins when you're not working
Pin Vise - to prick your pattern you will need a pin vise to hold the end of a #7 or #8 quilting needle (an X-Acto knife which opens into an "x" configuration works well)
Pricking Card - to make your patterns (medium blue railroad board works well)
Cork or Styrofoam - to prick your pattern on
Thread - 50/2 and 60/2 Swedish or Belgian linen work well with most beginner books
Corsage Pins

Beginner's Bibliography

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