Sounds of Bobbins

Sounds of Bobbins

With apologies to Simon and Garfunkel

 

Hello Torchon, my old friend

I’ve come to work with you again

Because the rhythm softly beating

Of bobbins parting and then meeting

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Beginning Binche

Beginning Binche

 

I needed a new lace project
To challenge my poor brain
And forget about the worries
This crazy world has found again.

Some very clever ladies
Had designed some festive cheer
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Oldies

Oldies

I’m normally a social girl
I love to meet my mates
But lately with the virus here
We can’t go out the gates.

You see, we are the ‘oldies’ now
We need to stay inside
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Leftovers

The lacework now is finished,
The piece is on display.
But now the bobbins in the box
Have thread too good to throw away.

It seems a crime to throw it out
Could it make another mat?
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Tatting in My Pocket

 

Tatting in my Pocket

 

Just a small selection from “Pocket Poems” written mainly through promptings from the international lacemaking chat group, Arachne.

 

There are tatters in Australia

I’ve been told the kangaroo

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UFOs

UFOs

It beckoned me from hiding
In a book I’d put aside.
“I’m just so beautiful you see
And begging to be tried.”

I know I’ve got the thread for it
Stashed in my special drawer.
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Beginners

Beginners

It caught my eye right from the start
“Come and see me, come and see!”
A pillow full of thread and sticks
All tossed so gleefully.
The lace maker looked up and smiled
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When I’m Old

When I’m an Old Lady, I’ll live with each kid
And bring so much happiness…just as they did.
I want to pay back all the joy they’ve provided.
Returning each deed! Oh, they’ll be so excited!
(When I’m an old Continue reading

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