Thank you Brenda. I use your book constantly and have just reorganised my thread storage using w/cm. I have several spools which have lost their labels, carless of me I know. I used a ruler to find my own w/cm for them and have been able to file them appropriately. There is now a chance that they will finally be used!
Jand On 29 Oct 2015 9:07 am, Brenda Paternoster <paternos...@appleshack.com> wrote: > > Yes, the website says it���s 0.16mm diameter - but is that lying flat, > stretched out on the reel or worked up in lace/embroidery? > It doesn���t say 100/2 so I guess that���s printed on the spool label, and > it���s not been stated anywhere whether they are using cotton count or metric > number or some other system of measurement. > > Silk is a very accommodating thread and will spread out or spread out quite a > lot, especially of it���s not very firmly twisted. That���s where w/cm is > such a useful measurement, I���m making a wrapping thread does get flattened > a > bit, but that also happens when it is made into lace. > > If you would like me to make a wrapping, to my tension, I am always happy to > receive samples and the results will go int Addendum6 on my website. > For ordinary torchon type thicknesses about a yard or a metre is sufficient > it > does;t need to be measured properly For finer threads - and I suspect that > the Kimono silk will be finer - a bit more is appreciated; more wraps/cm > needs > a longer length. > > My postal address is > Brenda Paternoster > 46 St Davids Road > Allhallows > Rochester > Kent ME3 9PW > England UK > > Brenda > > > The thread's website > > says it is 0.16 mm in diameter... Maybe we can > > work out how many wraps we can get using that value. > > Thinking of all other lacemakers, I'd rather send > > Brenda a sample so she can work her magic for the > > next version of her book, and also send her > > samples of a famous Spanish cotton thread, "Hilo > > Japon���" (which almost everyone calls "The > > Japanese Lady" thread) in sizes 70 and 80, so we > > can get the equivalence and wraps/cm of those as well. > > Brenda, please let us know how to send you > > samples and what information to include! > > Brenda in Allhallows > paternos...@appleshack.com > 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/ - 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/
