Aw. Well, thank you... Looks like I'll have to find other ways of doing this.
Any ideas? I'm looking for a short pile, at *most* 3mm. On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Joan Jurancich<joa...@surewest.net> wrote: > At 07:10 PM 8/5/2009, you wrote: >> >> Good evening, >> >> Does anybody know where I could buy split rods for making velvet or >> other piled fabrics? I mean the ones with a groove to cut the pile >> loops? >> >> Thank you! > > My weaving guild had a presentation a few months ago by an expert on velvet > production (my goodness, her samples from Italy were incredible!) who said > that the velvet wires are no longer being made; the one maker of the wires > just retired recently and no one has taken up the craft. In fact, she said > that they are so valuable that if her house were on fire, she'd grab her > velvet wires before she'd grab anything else. > > If you are not going to make velvet with a short pile, there are ways to > come up with substitutes, but the real velvet wires are no longer in > production. > > > Joan Jurancich > joa...@surewest.net > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
