| In the 1970s he sold hundreds of skipping ropes made from old Yorkshire mill bobbins to American customers. |
| When finished with the length you want, take the strands off the bobbins and lace them through the holes in the edge of the pouch, two strands per side. |
| The bobbins not actually in use hang down fixed as in lace work by a half-hitch. |
| In days gone by I would have ordered the non-standard bobbins my sewing machine uses from his shop and got them in mere weeks. |
| In a barn they found four men dismantling bobbins of yarn, packed with the Sovereign cigarettes. |
| Lace is created by looping and twisting threads using a set of bobbins or a needle. |
