Has anyone worked out a wraps per centimetre measurement for the new DMC linen
embroidery floss? I
know we discussed it a couple of months ago, but I never thought to see it here
in Cooma.
However, on visiting our little local craft shop yesterday, lo and behold she
has a couple of boxes
of th
Good to see that DMC are reviving an old idea.
I have some (very) old skeins of linen floss that I bought years ago from
someone who was having a turnout. They are labelled Knox's Linen Floss -
size 3. And yes, I have used them for lace, usually as gimps with a more
conventional linen thread.
I saw these threads mentioned in a stitching magazine this week, it was
saying that they are used in a new range of cross stitch kits.
I am looking forward immensely to being able to try them for stitching.
Lace might be a little more awkward if only for the fact that you would
have to separate
Gentle Spiders,
In this week's mail I received a needlecraft catalogue, and on the cover is
announcing the DMC Linen Floss collection. In the photo, the skeins look
like regular floss (it isn't wound on a spool). Has anyone worked with
this "new" DMC linen thread? I suppose it's intended for emb
