LACE BOBBINSThe following are hand painted, spangled, wooden bobbins @ £2.00 each

12 bobbins, painted January to December with a rhyme according to the month of the year eg 'January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow' or 'March brings breezes loud and shrill, stirs the dancing daffodil'.

1 bobbin with The Lacemaker's Prayer:From breaking threads and bending pinsBrittle parchment and unmarked prickingLumpy pillows and half-hitches that runAnd people that say 'is that all you've done?'Good Lord deliver us.

1 bobbin 'Life begins at 40'1 bobbin 'Life's even better at 50'1 bobbin 'The essence of life is activity'1 bobbin 'Better do well late than never'1 bobbin 'Time flies'1 bobbin 'Better a busy feel than an idle one'1 bobbin 'The first duty of love is to listen'1 bobbin 'Smiling is a lovely way of adding sunshine to the day'1 bobbin 'All things are difficult before they are easy'1 bobbin 'Making friends is making Lace'1 bobbin 'God could not be everywhere, so he made mothers'2 bobbins 'The Lace Centre, Nottingham'15 PAIRS of matching spangles, finely turned, or inlaid bobbins

                                  ~ ~ ~ ~8 pairs plain spangled fine wood bobbins.  £1.00 each

12 basic spangled bobbins for £3.00

A Mahogany stand with attachments for two pillow. £10.00A blocked pillow - two blocks 6" square and two half blocks.  £15.00

Books: £2.50 each

The Torchon Work BookBucks Point Lace MakingLet's make bobbin LaceIntroducing Traditional Bedfordshire Lace in 20 lessons: Barbara M Underwood

Miscellaneous tools, cover cloths, fabric bobbin holders, fabric pillow carrier.