I think Brenda is half right. On looking at it near the window I think it is probably 20 grams White 100. It does not look like 160, but it could be that the second half of the first 0 was not printed. I also have a much thinner spool where the printing is illegible and I think it might be 20 grams White 60 or 50 as this one is a little thicker thread.
Thank you both for your help. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org ________________________________ From: Clay Blackwell <clayblackw...@comcast.net> I also have a spool of this thread - which came from the large stash of a Belgian lace teacher. This spool was unopened when I got it, and has a label on the cellophane covering, as well as another tucked inside the cone. The cone for this thread is green. I suspect that the cones were color-coded according to size. In this case, it is #50, with dD30 hand-written beside the printed number. The label is identical to the one shown in Martina Wolter Kampmann's book, and she identifies this as "FIL AU BOUC". There is another cone which has ecru linen on it... it is almost brown in color! The label says "FFR Aalst 50/2", and again, the cone is green. This thread is much rougher than the Fil au Bouc. Clay On 6/12/2010 6:40 AM, Brenda Paternoster wrote: > > The description of the spool sounds very similar (mine is a faded orange-red, > not a pinky/purple red). > Janice, are you sure it's "20 grams White-1CO" at the bottom. Could it be > "20 grams White-160" > In which case it's Belgian FFR linen 160 - rather finer than the examples > which Jacqui and I have. > > Vlas-Lin-Linen are just the Dutch-French-English words for linen/flax > > > Brenda in Allhallows > www.brendapaternoster.me.uk > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachnemodera...@yahoo.com > > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
