Collected during discussions in December 2008 – Thanks to Jenny R for keeping a record of them all.

Sayings on Bobbins

• A clean house is a sign of time ill spent”
• Dull women have immaculate homes
• I’ll do some housework tomorrow
• Government health warning: lacemaking is addictive.
• An  immaculate house is a sign of a wasted life.
• I’ve just spent next week’s housekeeping money.
• The best man for the job is a woman
• When god created man she was only joking
• I know exactly where I am in this pattern – totally lost
• I’m only like this when I make lace
• Specially made for short, cross eyed, cack handers”
• Champion bobbin untangler 1997″
• I’m too tired to do housework, I’d rather lace
• Love me truly
• Dont kiss and tell
• I love the boys
• Lace is as much about the space between the threads as it is about the threads themselves.
• Lacemakers do it on pillows and usually in pairs!
• Lace – the invention of a goddess and the occupation of a queen
• Life without lace – I’m a frayed knot.
• Lord, let me grow old like beautiful lace, cherished and treasured and care for with grace.
• It is not the years in your life, but the life in your years that count.
• it is nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.
• “I am not tatting
• Happy people are those who are producing something.
• These hours are never wasted.
• At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.
• Making lace is making friends.
• Joy to the world, christmas1993.
• Christmas is a happy time for one and all to share.a time for peace and goodwill for people everywhere.
• The complete 23rd psalm.
• The lords prayer, spread over 2 bobbins
• It must have taken a lot of courage to be the first to eat frog’s legs”,
• “lacemakers do it on a pillow, but bobbinmakers do it on a lathe”
• I’m not going to vacuum til they make one i can ride on.
• Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today.
• Teaching (could be lace making) is a work of heart.
• A mind is a terrible thing to waste on housework.
• Hang the washing-lets make lace
• “Blow the dust – lets make lace”
• A home should be clean enough to be healthy and untidy enough to be happy.
• When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin.
• When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let’s all get drunk, and go to heaven!
• “I’m not going to vacuum til they make one I can ride on”.
• Adding life to years, looking, laughing, listening, living, learning, loving, lacemaking
• Be content with such things as ye have
• Life’s not a dress rehearsal
• The best thing to save for your old age is yourself
• The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend
• A true friend is the best possession.
• “Never never quit”
• Behind every creative person are cupboards filled with good ideas
• Most men who go through life with an inquiring mind don’t appropriate her
• Do not fear mistakes there are none (Miles Davies)
• Imagination is more important than knowledge (Albert Einstein)
• A journey of a 1,ooo miles starts with a single step (chinese proverb)
• No one can make you feel inferior without your consent (Eleanor Roosevelt)
• Leisure time is for doing something useful (n. Howe)
• The quietest thing on Earth is the sound of hair turning grey”