On 26 Apr 2009, at 17:59, bev walker wrote:
I think if one is going to add in and take out pairs along the gimp
line the
multi-strands are preferable?
Yes.
A quick look in Threads for Lace, Lia's 250 silk is a 60 wrap, vs. the
Treenway 120/2 of 39 though the former is a 3-ply, if that helps any.
The Treenways at 39 w/cm would be rather fine for Lia's 250 den of
60/w/m
Six strands of anything are not six times wider than a single strand
because the strands will bunch up. Look at any of the stranded
embroidery cottons, a single has a w/cm about 2.5 times higher than the
w/cm of the complete thread. DMC, Anchor and Madeira are all 25 w/cm
for a single strand and 10 w/cm for the whole lot.
Brenda
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html
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