[lace] Thread - help, please?
Dear Lacemakers, I've been away from lacemaking for more than three years - getting in some part-time education meant giving up all but the most vital daily activities. (I think I've always managed to clean my teeth and provide clean shirts for my husband: every other thing has been missed at least once!) Now at last I'm trying to start making lace again, and I thought I'd go back to a favourite of mine, a torchon book-mark. It's simple, one of the first patterns I learned, and I know I've made quite a few over the years for gifts, sales-of-work, and so on. But now I can't work out what the thread is supposed to be, and I can't see anything in my box of thread which seems to be right. So I'm hoping that someone out there will recognise what is meant in the pattern, or tell me an equivalent, or at least tell me how to work out a substitute. The pattern is from Raie Clare's The Dryad Book of Bobbin Lace, the book from which I taught myself . . . quite a long time ago. It was published in 1987, in case that helps. The thread prescribed is Swedish linen thread no. 90. Although I've looked through Ian Austin's chart, and Brenda Paternoster's invaluable booklet, Threads for Lace, there is no mention of a thread with that name, so I'm guessing that it's not a brand name but something generic. This doesn't help me, as I've never been any good at understanding all that business of turns and wraps and deniers. However, I do have quite a lot of thread, (most of it still has the labels attached, too!), so I'm hoping you will be able to help me to find something to wind on my bobbins. After that, it's just a simple matter of throwing the bobbins around, of course . . . Well, I'm grateful to think that I'm sure I can turn to my Arachne friends whenever I come on yet another blank spot in my memory. Yours optimistically, Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Thread - help, please?
Hello Linda Swedish linen almost certainly means Bockens linen. Bockens 90 would suit torchon drafted on a 2mm grid (4mm between footedge pinholes) Brenda On 15 Nov 2008, at 20:55, Linda Walton wrote: The pattern is from Raie Clare's The Dryad Book of Bobbin Lace, the book from which I taught myself . . . quite a long time ago. It was published in 1987, in case that helps. The thread prescribed is Swedish linen thread no. 90. Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] thread help please
While I have 5 mins waiting for the family to arrive for lunch I thought that I would write with my question. A friend phoned a couple of days ago with an urgent request for a wedding garter needed by the 12th April !! The only pattern that I have needs DMC Broder Machine 30. Could someone please tell me if there is an equivalent thread that hopefully I will have in my stash? Many thanks in advance and wishing everyone a peaceful and happy Easter, Anne Nicholas Middx. England - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] thread help please
Hello Anne The only pattern that I have needs DMC Broder Machine 30. Could someone please tell me if there is an equivalent thread that hopefully I will have in my stash? Which is no longer made! Other 32 w/cm threads are: Amann Sylko 50 - (3 ply but should be readily available) Brok 36/2 Venne colcotton 70/2 Mettler 50/3 Slightly finer are: Mimosa 60 Valdani 60 wt Guetermann silk 130/3 Slightly thicker: Egyptian gassed 36/2 Tootal Sylko Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] thread help please
Lucie Ariane 60/2 Coton egyptien mercerise Ne 36/2 (egyptian mercerised cotton) I can't see it in Brenda's book. Probably the easiest way for you to find the wraps per cm, is to wrap some thread round a ruler or pencil or bobbin for 1 cm and count for yourself. If you let me know what the wraps/cm are, I can them find a comparable thread in Brenda's book for you, and let you know the suggested pricking size Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] thread help please
No, I haven't seen that thread (yet!) The way I make a wrapping is to draw the parallel lines exactly 1 cm apart, using the computer, and print out onto paper. Then take a strip of the paper and fold it around a small piece of card so that it's stiff enough to handle and the lines are straight across the width. Wrap so that the threads lie close together, touching but not overlapping and count. I then repeat the winding - if it's the same number that's it, if it's different I rewind again and generally two of the three windings will have given the same result. Brenda On 30 Mar 2007, at 14:31, Sue Babbs wrote: Lucie Ariane 60/2 Coton egyptien mercerise Ne 36/2 (egyptian mercerised cotton) I can't see it in Brenda's book. Probably the easiest way for you to find the wraps per cm, is to wrap some thread round a ruler or pencil or bobbin for 1 cm and count for yourself. If you let me know what the wraps/cm are, I can them find a comparable thread in Brenda's book for you, and let you know the suggested pricking size Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brenda in Allhallows, Kent http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
