Batiste is also a really, really fine fabric--almost transparent, and definitely translucent. Could the translator have been trying to use a word that indicated very fine cotton thread? --Sue in foggy/sloshy Montana (our snow is melting...weird winter weather!)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Avital" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lace@arachne.com> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2005 10:33 PM Subject: RE: [lace] lace-knitted shawls > That phrase in "Gossamer Webs" is a mistranslation. On various knitting lists it > has been clarified that Galina meant ordinary cotton thread. > > Avital > > > batiste cotton? i know it is a thin fine fiber, but i'm curious of > > what makes it different from fine spun cotton? batiste is the name of > > the person who invented it, but i wonder what is signifantly different > > than it and fine spun cotton?> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
