I'm curious about this comment (work gently and carefully). Silk is a lot stronger than the same thickness of cotton. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com
=============================================== My two cents about silk. 1. Filament silk (my experience is mostly with the Danish boiled and unboiled) can saw itself apart, requiring some care in how you tension. It's not the pull as much as the scrape in my experience. 2. The boiled silk is used for the gimp because it's fluffier and larger, but even easier to saw in half. 3. Spun silk is still easier than cotton to split (divide and disintegrate!). I agree that Gutermanns is just lovely to work with. So I think the increased tensile strength of silk tends to make it more vulnerable to sawing itself in half. And the unboiled silk, with the sericin coating is rather crisp and raspy. It's a learning experience. Over time I stopped being so bad about it and figured out how NOT to slice and dice my silks. Patty - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
