On Apr 2, 2007, at 5:25, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
An 80/1 will measure by wrapping slightly thicker than 160/2 in the
same thread - because the plying firms the thread up a bit so that it
doesn't flatten and spread as much. A 240/3 would measure slightly
finer still even though it has the same amount of fibres per metre.
Many thanks.
Still... "Slightly" thicker is not "much" thicker :) And I've already
noticed that the number of wraps measurement is not something that's
writ in stone, though it's a very solid guide allowing one to limit the
choices. The final result still needs to be tested the old-fashioned
way, by making a sample, because those variables (like the number of
plies) often change the way a piece works up, even if the number of
wraps is identical... Lacemaking is an inexact science, when all's said
and done :)
T
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