[lace] Re: Wire vis thread gauges

2005-06-26 Thread Susan Lambiris
Tamara quoted Jo Falkink's observation: it takes *3* strands of .1mm wire to replace on strand of .2mm - more than one would expect by simple mathematical calculation. Actually, two wires side-by-side become a flat ribbon--remember the wire can't deform or compress its shape--while three wires

[lace] Re: Wire vis thread gauges

2005-06-24 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone, and Tamara, and Brenda It's none of my nevermind because I don't do wire - but (I'll say it anyway) wouldn't a chart of 'wires for lace' be better at someone's site with other info about lacemaking with wire? For 'threads for lace' we can nip back and forth among the fibre content -

[lace] Re: Wire vis thread gauges

2005-06-23 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Jun 23, 2005, at 15:54, Brenda Paternoster wrote (in response to my message): But wire should be easier (famous last words?), so perhaps, I'll have a go at it (during the Convention week and between the bouts of canning g) Will you be writing Wires for Lace? ;-) No way! But, any