What a sad but beautiful task to have undertaken and a beautiful way to lay
this child to rest.
Condolences to all the family who must feel devastated at the moment.
When my father died in 2003 I made all the members of my family a small
bobbin lace star and most still exist and are put up on
Is anyone familiar with Knox's Gimp Lace Linen Thread, 2 cord, 60? A friend won
a spool in an auction recently and is keen to know what thread this might
compare to. I have looked in Brenda Paternoster's book and found some other
sizes of this thread, but nothing that is 2 cord, 60.
Thanks in
Hi Jill
Knox’s Gimp, Lace linen is listed (page 21 in Ed 5) but I haven’t seen it as
fine as size 60.
2-cord just means 2-ply, which all of the other sizes of Knox’s Gimp are.
Because there are eight other sizes listed I’ve drawn a graph with size on one
axis and w/cm on the other, and it
Brilliant! Many thanks Brenda.
Jill
in Milton Keynes
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I have been fascinated by this thread, of course not as a lace maker but a
bobbin historian.
My comments are totally subjective and I have not done any analysis of the
correspondence, but some of the comments and advice related to spangles/
continental style bobbins /shape of pillows, and the
