Hi Lyn > If you're looking to double a thread, do you go to something that is double > the desired thread in wraps and double it? 80/2 Bockens is 28 wraps, so > that doubled it would be 14. I realize that the best thing is to try it out, > but I'd much rather stack the odds toward succeeding in the first try. Also, > will doubled gimp work?
When you say 'double the thread' do you mean that you have doubled the size of the pattern? Does that mean enlarged by 200%? or doubled the area (enlarged by 141%)? Whatever you have done, or plan to do, look at new size pricking and measure the distance between the foot-edge pins. Then look at the table at http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/threadsize/threadsize.html or page 8 in Threads for Lace Ed 5. and from that work out the ideal wraps/cm size. The size of a gimp is equivalent to least four strands, and preferably six strands of the main thread. Translated to w/cm the gimp should be main thread w/cm divided by 2.5. Two strands of any thread which measures 28 w/cm will *not* work out as 14 w/cm - because to increase from 28w/cm to 14 w/cm you need to double the diameter of the thread, using a thread doubled only increases the (average) area of the cross section, although two threads wrapped together won't interlock fully to form a rounded thread and so the resulting w/cm measurement will be a lower number than theory would predict. Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
