Re: [lace] Thread conundrum
Hi Peg I haven't (yet!) come across anything labelled as Coats & Clarks mercerized cotton sewing thread #50 so I can't compare it to DMC Machine Broder 50. Is this thread 2 ply or 3 ply? If it's 2 ply it's likely to be of a similar thickness but if it's 3 ply it will probably be somewhat thicker than the DMC thread. Brenda On 11 Sep 2011, at 03:35, Witchy Woman wrote: > I have a pattern that calls for DMC Machine Broder 50, which, if I remember > right, is not made anymore. > > I have a large spool of Coats & Clark's > mercerized cotton sewing thread #50. > The label says "for machine quilting > and crafts"...made in Egypt. How does that > compare? 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace] Thread conundrum
Couldn't agree more, Brenda's book is a 'must have' Regards Angela in Sussex where the sun has just come out. On 11 Sep 2011, at 08:17, "Jean Nathan" wrote: > Peg wrote: > > point me to a chart of how threads compare? I had a chart > at one time, but > it has disappeared.> > > The best thread chart is the book produced by our own Brenda Paternoster, > available direct from her: > > Threads for Lace, Edition 5 by Brenda Paternoster > > http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/threads/threads.html > > or from Holly Van Sciver in the US: > > http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/1Books.html#BobbinLaceManuals > > Brenda adds appendices to each edition on her web page as new threads come to > light. > > Personally I couldn't manage without it. A good example occurred recently > when I was going to demonstrated and decided on a simple piece - a torchon > purse pendant from Susane Thompson's book of the same name. Hadn't got the > thread stated in the pattern, so looked it up in the book and routed around > in my stash until I found an equivalent. Without the book I'd have been > stumped because it was quite a thick thread by lacemaking standards. > > Jean in Poole, Dorset, 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Thread conundrum
Peg wrote: The best thread chart is the book produced by our own Brenda Paternoster, available direct from her: Threads for Lace, Edition 5 by Brenda Paternoster http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/threads/threads.html or from Holly Van Sciver in the US: http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/1Books.html#BobbinLaceManuals Brenda adds appendices to each edition on her web page as new threads come to light. Personally I couldn't manage without it. A good example occurred recently when I was going to demonstrated and decided on a simple piece - a torchon purse pendant from Susane Thompson's book of the same name. Hadn't got the thread stated in the pattern, so looked it up in the book and routed around in my stash until I found an equivalent. Without the book I'd have been stumped because it was quite a thick thread by lacemaking standards. Jean in Poole, Dorset, 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace] Thread conundrum
I have a pattern that calls for DMC Machine Broder 50, which, if I remember right, is not made anymore. I have a large spool of Coats & Clark's mercerized cotton sewing thread #50. The label says "for machine quilting and crafts"...made in Egypt. How does that compare? Could someone please point me to a chart of how threads compare? I had a chart at one time, but it has disappeared. Thanks. Peg in muggy Cleveland Hts, OH where it's raining...again... - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
