​Quick guide to buying bobbins (U.K. based)

Jo Buckberry writes:

As we are getting a lot of questions about this I’m posting this as an announcement, with comments turned off.
I buy most of my bobbins at lace fairs and lace days. Keep an eye out for events, and try to attend - there are fewer and fewer of these due to decreased footfall, please support them!

You can buy bobbins online - Lace Suppliers Spotlight (mostly new from suppliers) and Bobbin Lace Market (mostly second hand) on Facebook are great groups.

If you look our ID Summary page we've marked if they are currentyly active and we have included their website, Etsy shop or email address as appropriate.

You can also get second hand bobbins (and books and pillows) from the Lace Guild.

I’ve not seen bobbins for sale in a shop in 15+ years, but you might get lucky.

Hope this helps