Hello Lyn and everyone You raise another interesting point - comparing yarn doubled in knitting. The basic knitted structure is one strand, whether single, double, or more, interlooping, which differs from bobbin lace, two strands crossing each other - and I use the term 'cross' in the usual dictionary meaning, not necessarily 'left over right.'
My free advice if you possibly can, is to find a thicker thread for the gimp in this case, for visual as well as structural balance. In a fine point ground lace, thinking of Bayeux, the gimp threads are made of 6 or more strands of the main thread. They lie flat, are not meant to be plied around each other, and the gimp path permits threads to be carried along when not needed in the body of the lace. Probably not noticeable from several feet away, whereas your altar cloth will be seen, if not up close, at least likely well-lit. Just some thoughts. On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Lyn Bailey <lynrbai...@desupernet.net>wrote: > This doubling of a thread is much more complicated than I first imagined. > One uses double yarn in knitting frequently, and it all works out well, > usually. .... > > Devon wrote: > > I have never tried this doubling process, but my first thought is that > there might be a significant difference in effect between a three ply > thread for which a cross section would be > > round, and two round threads sitting next to each other for which a > cross section would be more like a rectangle with a width the size of twice > the diameter of the original thread, and > the height one time the > diameter. Interesting question. > -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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/
