Hi lacers,
I have a question regarding DMC Special dentelles size
80 thread. I have used this thread for years and
regardless of the vendor I buy it from it either comes
loose in an individual little ball or in a box of little
balls. The other day I bought a ball of it from Michaels
and it was in a little plastic bag with a cardboard label
on top bearing the DMC logo and the size, weight, colour
and the words TATTING THREAD.
This particular ball of thread was white and as I was
running out of thread on a current project I grabbed the
new ball and filled my shuttle back up. This new thread
is TERRIBLE. It's stiff, it feels awful to the touch and
it's harder to work with.
I might not have noticed it so much if I were working
a one shuttle pattern, but as it is every 4th or 5th ring
is a split ring so I'm constantly using one nice old
thread and the second horrible thread so I am constantly
reminded of how ICKY it is.
The thread is white so it isn't a matter of the dye
affecting the thread and I've been doing a lot of
tatting in different colours of DMC Special dentelles
size 80 recently so I've been working with a lot of
different balls of the same type of thread and this
is the first time I've noticed this problem.
I'm wondering if; A) that DMC is really cutting
back on their thread quality, or B) packaging the
thread in plastic bags is affecting the thread, or
C) that the thread being packaged in this way for
retailers is an inferior thread, or D) that I got
one ball of bad thread.
Has anyone else noticed a problem with the thread?
Sharon Briggs
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