Joseph
I have collected some links which might be useful to you.
http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/group/filetlacis
Lorelei Halley
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Subject: Re: [lace] Walter Evans and Co.'s Mecklenburg thread No. 20
The thread is used in a few old Filet Lacis books. I want to use
The thread is used in a few old Filet Lacis books. I want to use it to
make netting and then embroider on it to make "filet lace". I just
bought a shuttle and gauge set, so now I need to find out what thread I
need to use.
Joseph
> It depends what sort of lace you are planning to make. If
It depends what sort of lace you are planning to make. If itâs Torchon then
12 wraps of the thread should fit between two foot-edge pinholes. If itâs a
point ground itâs 10 wraps. The wraps should be close together but not
overlapping. For Bedfordshire or any braid lace then itâs a
Another tidbit found doing a quick search in images per Walter Evans & Co.
(there weren't many), on a big carton label, it was also known by its
trademark as Boar's Head Cotton Manufactory; Walter Evans & Co., Derby,.
Superior Crochet and Machine Cotton. In Soft and Patent Glacé .
With this in
Hi Everybody:
Ops! I meant to say DMC cotton floche, not coton a broder.
Adele
> if I were doing that
> today I would substitute pearl cotton, although it could have been a matte
> soft cotton like DMCâs coton a broder.
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My guess is that you are probably looking at a 2 ply cotton thread.
IF it was cotton and 2-ply then in theory at least it would compare with coton
perle/pearl cotton
All the different brands of perle are fairly similar in thickness for each
size.
DMC, Mez and Madeira come/came as thick as size
I found Mrs. Beetonâs book online, and found directions for using
Mecklenburg thread along with embroidery cotton to do cutwork, so they must
have been two different things.
Judging from the way they used the thread in the pattern, if I were doing that
today I would substitute pearl cotton,
PS - I'm not 100% sure it was cotton; could have been linen, if used on
linen net.
On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 10:42 AM, I wrote:
> So, an embroidery cotton at least.
>
>
Bev
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Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of
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Hello Joseph and everyone
I googled, Mecklenburg thread No. 20, and found this quote from 'Victorian
Embroidery, An Authoritative Guide' by Barbara J. Morris, 2003.
"...In nineteenth-century England, guipure d'art was worked in raised and
intersected patterns darned on a square network of linen
The book is currently out of print, and for all sorts of reasons itâs been
that way for a while. Once all our building work is finished I will get down
to doing the next edition.
If Jopie has a spare copy, grab it!
Re the Mecklenburg thread; I havenât seen any, so thatâs why itâs not
Hi all in the arachne web.
I am looking for an equivalent for this thread, Walter Evans and Co.'s
Mecklenburg thread No. 20. It is mentioned in many old books I have read
online. I would love a WPC equivalent if possible. I would love to know what
type of thread it is too, like a mercerized or
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