The history of linen thread was fascinating.
Another fact I found out when researching family history, was that
Nottingham lace was bleached after it was made. Presumably if the thread
was bleached, it would be more likely to break on the lacemaking machines.
If anyone can confirm this I would ap
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square tallies and I tend to have more breaks the more tallies I do.
Sally Schoenberg
Anchorage Alaska
- Original Message -
From: "Karen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "arachne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:45 AM
Subject: [lace]
On Nov 18, 2004, at 4:58, Jean Barrett wrote:
While the development of the cotton gin undoubtabley enabled fine
cottons to be spun it didn't kill out fine linens quite as immediately
as you say. I bought Fine linen DMC threads (150, 200, 300) in the
1960's. Likewise I have fine linen hanks from
Apparently it wasn't just Irish immigrants who grew their own flax
in order to produce their own cloth; while on a nostalgic surf
through the website of Historic Bethlehem (PA, where I used to live)
I found the following snippet:
"Linen comes from flax and almost every Pennsylvania German farme
Hi everyone, and thank you to Jen who first asked about what happened to
fine threads, it is an interesting 'thread'...
I should admit that I immediately assumed the reference was to linen
threads - which I know aren't made any more 'like they used to' - cotton
and silk is available in v. fine gri
