Just to add a fun little wrinkle - something I didn’t know until last year was that whether something is clockwise or counter-clockwise depends entirely on your vantage point. Take a bobbin and start winding thread on clockwise as you’re looking at the head of the bobbin. Then continue the same winding, but look at the thread from the bottom of the bobbin - you are winding counter-clockwise.
Which might explain why so many people have trouble when they’re told to wind clockwise or counter-clockwise. Whichever way you’re winding, hold the bobbin horizontally. If you’re left-handed, you’ll be holding the bobbin with your right hand, and the head of the bobbin will point to the left. Extend the forefinger of the hand that is holding the bobbin, so it lies along the thread shank, but not touching it. Now: If you are left-handed and winding clockwise as you look down on the bobbin head, the thread goes over the top of the bobbin, towards you, and back away underneath the bobbin, then continue winding the thread up between the finger and the bobbin, then pull the thread away from you, around your finger, back up between the bobbin and your finger, and over the shank towards you, making a figure 8. Put the tip of your finger over the head of the bobbin and move the hitch down onto the bobbin. If you are a leftie winding counter-clockwise as you look down on the head of the bobbin, extend the finger of your right hand (which is holding the bobbin) as before. The thread will come under the bobbin shank towards you, and up and over the shank, heading away from you. Wind the thread down between the bobbin and your finger and then wrap around your finger from bottom, up the back of your finger, and coming over the top towards you and down between the bobbin and your finger. Tip the finger over the head of the bobbin and move the hitch. Either way, you make a Figure 8 with the thread. And, of course, it also works for right-handers. Just remember to make the figure 8 and you won’t go wrong. Hope this helps. Adele West Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) > On Feb 26, 2020, at 3:00 PM, Alice Howell <[email protected]> wrote: > > When the student is holding the bobbin and winding the thread on, is the > thread winding clockwise or counterclockwise? - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
