Hi Mark,
I got some brilliant answers and explanations from lots of wonderful people
on
this list, so thank you all and yes it seems to be the Z twist with me and
coming
from the ground stitch, through the gimp and then into the cloth stitch. I
knew
I wasn't tugging too hard because in the past I have been guilty of that but
have
certainly been slow, steady and gentle with it. I am also taking much more
care
when I have to lengthen the thread off the bobbins.
My problem is made worse by the fact that I did wind by hand and cant wind
it between my fingers as I should be doing, so making the situation much
worse. Guess I better find a place to use my bobbin winder to avoid this in
the future.
Tonight I have spent about an hour working before going off to make our
evening meal and plan to continue after dinner. If it breaks again, (and I
am watching to see if there is obvious evidence of it unwinding) I think I
may well change threads and keep this one for torchon rather than BP because
of the extra twists in the ground making it much more likely.
...
Now Wednesday morning and I continued working on into the evening, being
just a little more careful and aware of possible problems and nothing broke,
<g>.
Thank you all for you help. It is really good to have access to such an
incredible resource which you all willingly share. I just hope you realise
how much we do appreciate that.
Sue T Dorset UK
Sue, Thanks for asking that question and Jane, thanks for answering
it. I currently am using a brand new spool of Bokens Linen size 80
on a Bruges Flower piece and it keeps breaking on me. GRRRR....Granted I
tend to tug hard so have to back off my tension. But it will break
--
Mark, aka Tatman
website:
http://www.tat-man.net
blog: http://tatmantats.wordpress.com
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