bobbins

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I have three kinds of bobbins: the regular Schacht bobbins, WooLee Winder bobbins, and high speed Schacht bobbins.

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  1. noun A spool or reel that holds thread or yarn for spinning, weaving, knitting, sewing, or making lace.
  2. noun Narrow braid formerly used as trimming.

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  • I have three kinds of bobbins: the regular Schacht bobbins, WooLee Winder bobbins, and high speed Schacht bobbins. —  bowerbird knits
  • I plan to only spin on my regular Schacht bobbins, and re-wind all of my bobbins onto other bobbins for storage. —  bowerbird knits
  • Unfortunately the last few albums of theirs have been absolute bobbins, they seem to have chucked out all sense of melody (a lot of people disagree with me about this - they say DT never had a sense of melody to begin with). —  Word Magazine - Comments
  • I'll need my wheel, bobbins, combs, carders, angora fiber, knitting project (s), lazy kate, niddy noddy …. —  Refinance 2nd Mortgage
  • You should also bring some extra bobbins, and make sure that even if you normally prefer to use an aftermarket flyer and bobbin combo such as the WooLee Winder, you have a standard flyer and bobbins available; for some techniques, you will need the widest range of adjustability possible and when working on new things in a large class setting, it is often easier to do so with the simplest setup possible. —  Abby's Yarns!
 

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