Hi Jean
When knitting you can use very thin yarn with (relatively) thick needles to get
a lacier look or thick yarn with (relatively) thin needles to get a dense
texture but when crocheting you do need to match the yarn to the hook size - it
should sit comfortably in the hook without excess
Perhaps an overly simplistic approach, and my memory may have slid, but I
thought there was a reference to Corticelli Buttonhole Twist?
My rough guess
(without getting out my supply) would be that it is very roughly comparable to
#8 perle cotton, or perhaps #12? Of course perle cotton would not
Did you see this?
http://www.etsy.com/listing/80300617/antique-purse-twist-silk-thread-new-old
Pretty fine, and appears to be like the silk threads that YLI, etc. make...
Belding Corticelli Buttonhole Twist that I have on hand is much thicker than
this, and would be what I would tend to use, esp.
Hi All
I've just updated the Poole Bobbin Lace Circle website with the photos
from their annual competition. There was some lovely work this year
(as always).
Website is http://www.cyberlink.co.uk/pblc/
For those of you who are already thinking about Christmas, don't
forget that you can
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Brenda - that's just the information I needed.
Thanks too to Susan - The reference to Corticelli Buttonhole Twist was the
only Corticelli I'd found in Brenda's thread book. The Etsy site was worth
looking at. I'd googled purse silk purse twist, but not silk
There was a discussion I think on Linen thread. It got me thinking that I
had some around here somewhere. Well the other evening I was looking for
something else and lo and behold here was the linen thread that I had. I think
it is old thread. My thread still had their labels on them. I have six
Sherry
The first thing I would do is pull out a length and try breaking it with your
hands. Whether that is easy or hard to do will show you if the linen is in
good enough condition to use. If it breaks as easily as 2 strands of stranded
cotton, throw it out or use it for surface embroidery. It
Hi Jean
a blog from someone who had the same questions as I in 2008. Anyone who's
interested in what she found out:
http://patternsalacarte.blogspot.com/2008/09/so-what-is-purse-twist-anyway.html
The close up of the Corticelli label shows that it's 1/2 ounce - 150 yards.
Assuming that it
I just was searching for something else, and ran across the tab I had started
searching on. Though I don't have time to look much, I thought you might
enjoy this article and find it informative, as it has a visual and commentary
with comparisons on Silk Purse Twist:
There is a Miser Bag in knitting, at the back of Tina, the Little
Lacemaker published by the Rocky Mt. Lace Guild in time for the 2005 IOLI
convention.
Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz.
lizl...@bigpond.com
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