Barbara's seen this thread and replied with exactly what I would have
said - if anything's not listed in Threads for Lace it's because I
haven't seen it, not that it isn't/wasn't made!
I have just received the pack of silk and hemp samples that I ordered
from Aurora Silk in Oregon - thanks Dee for the contact info. I'll be
looking at those, and a few oldies that I picked up in Durham, over the
weekend and they will get added to Addendum 3,
From the other sizes of Egyptian cotton, that I have seen and measured,
I'd guess/expect 50/3 to measure about 30-32 wraps/cm and that means
that ordinary Amman Sylko machine sewing cotton would be a substitute.
Brenda
On 13 Apr 2006, at 16:53, Barbara Joyce wrote:
Holly Van Sciver lists Egyptian cotton 50/3 on her web site
<http://vansciverbobbinlace.com/2Threads.html>. She ships
internationally.
Just because a thread isn't listed in Brenda's book doesn't mean it
doesn't
exist. It just means Brenda hasn't measured the thread. If you buy
some,
send Brenda a yard or two of it, and it will promptly appear on her web
site in an addendum.
I recently acquired a copy of 's-Gravenmoerse Kant by Tiny Bruins and
Hanneke Troost.
Throughout, they refer to using Egyptian cotton 50/3, but according
to my
copy of Thread for Lace, there is no such thread
Do they mean Egyptian cotton 50/2?
Brenda
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/
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