I have a question about thread amounts per bobbin, when the directions don¹t give that information. A spinner/weaver friend of mine(she spins wool and other fibers) had cut groupings of this very silky smooth varigated thread called sinstel(? Or something like that. It is a rayon type thread) that she had from a weaving project and had made a jacket out of the finished hand woven material. GORGEOUS and felt so silky! Anyhow.........She couldn¹t just throw away all those bundles of 18 inch lengths of thread. The colorways are so beautiful and it is about a size 10/2. Although to me it looks to be a size 12 pearl cotton just by the look of it. But all threads manufacturers have a different sizing method, so she explained. I told her that these threads are perfect to bobbin lace a bookmark. Good use of left over thread. So she gave me one of her bundles that has 36 strands of the 18 inch lengths. I chose a simple pattern out of Rosemary Shepherd¹s ³Introduction to Bobbin Lacemaking² on page 89, shaped insertion. But I am converting it to a bookmark and ending it at a point. To get to my question, how would I know that these 18 inch lengths will be enough thread to finish a fairly good length of this pattern. I copied and made it so there is 6 spider repeats. I may have to fudge and reduce the repeats if I think it won¹t be enough. Just by the look of the length it may work, but how can I be sure. Is there a formula to judge if I need to reduce/enlarge a pattern and when I am limited to these thread samples if it is feasible? How much thread to wind on the each bobbin? I plan on winding each 18 inch length on each bobbin and then knotting the pairs together. I will try to hide the knots at the top for the start. Hope that won¹t look too messy.
Your technical advice is much appreciated. -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop: http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatshop/tatshop.html email: tat...@tat-man.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
