: RE: [lace] Oya eureka!
Seriously, since they're trying to earn a living by selling oya, using
cheap
materials makes sense. Nylon thread is cheaper than natural fibers and
probably
last almost indefinitely. The oya on my scarf are *extremely* sturdy.
They could
easily withstand frequent
Regarding:
Finally, I reread the recent PieceWork article on oya and noticed that the
oya in the last picture (the headscarf belonging to Linda Ligon) had a very
'plastic' look. So that's why I think that these coarse nylon threads are
being used for oya in Turkey. Maybe someone has a few
Foam rubber? That is too funny! I'd love to see that photo.
Seriously, since they're trying to earn a living by selling oya, using cheap
materials makes sense. Nylon thread is cheaper than natural fibers and probably
last almost indefinitely. The oya on my scarf are *extremely* sturdy. They could
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So I'm not going to use 80 cotton any more for oya. I actually
managed to get better results with cheap polyester sewing thread!
I think I may use perle 8, even though it's quite coarse, because
it comes in so many colours. Or I may unply some embroidery floss
and
I finally had a chance to pull my oya/bebilla pieces out. The old colored and
finely knotted piece is older cotton and worked on the horse hair. My newer
pieces on head scarves are the stiff nylon. The scarves are very loopy and not
as fluid as the cotton, althought the cotton is stiffer. I
If I had a choice of cottons, 40s and 50s would probably be my first choice,
too. Unfortunately, they're not readily available in the Jerusalem area,
although Miriam tells me that she's seen some in the Tel Aviv area. So I will
stick with the coarser perle 8. But it's not as though I'm trying to
