Equipment for bobbin lace making

• Introduction
• Preface for edition in English
• 1. Equipment and tools for bobbin lace making
  • 1.1. Bobbin lace techniques
  • 1.2. Lace pillows
  • 1.3. Lace-maker tools
• 2. Pillow rests
  • 2.1. Requirements
  • 2.2. The rests on a horizontal platform
  • 2.3. The rests on an inclined platform
  • 2.4. The rests with a ball hinge
  • 2.5. The ball hinge emulation
  • 2.6. The rests for flat pillows
• 3. Equipment for preparation of thread
  • 3.1. The techniques of thread untwisting
  • 3.2. The contrivance for rewinding of thread out of skein to the clew
  • 3.3. The contrivance for untwisting of thread
  • 3.4. The analysis of mechanisms for setting thread on a spool
  • 3.5. The contrivance for rewinding untwisted thread to a saving spool
  • 3.6. Work place for untwisting of thread
• 4. Devices for winding lace bobbin
  • 4.1. Traditional devices
  • 4.2. The contrivance for winding bobbins of a type model
  • 4.3. The universal contrivance for winding bobbins
  • 4.4. The electrified bobbin winder
  • 4.5. The rest for bobbins
• 5. Lighting and optical devices
• 6. Lace bobbin making
  • 6.1. How to choose a lathe
  • 6.2. Equipment for bobbin turning
  • 6.3. Lace bobbin turning
• Summary
• Farther reading

Equipment and tools for bobbin lace making are under consideration, including pillow rests, a contrivance for untwisting of yarn, devices for winding a bobbin, rest for bobbins, lighting and optical devices. Working drawings of author’s contrivances are applied.

The book is the first Russian systematized manual of the subject-matter. It is destined for everybody who is interested in bobbin lace making and domestic creative works.

Attention!

Every lace maker can copy this book placed in abbreviated form free of charge. The book in complete variant contains analysis, commentary and appendixes.

© A.Zhavoronkova, L.Zhavoronkov, 2007-2011