[lace] Re: Substitute Silk for Linen

[Brenda Paternoster]

On Friday, October 3, 2003, at 02:42 PM, Christiane wrote:

She wants to make a collar designed by Ulrike Loehr (shown in the book
"Kloeppelkurs"). In this book the used thread is Linen 50/3, 60/3, 35/2, 
40/2 or
Silk 40/3. But - which silk is 40/3?

First of all you have to decide which "Linen 50/3, 60/3, 35/2, 40/2 or Silk 
40/3"
I'd guess it's probably Bockens as that does come in all those sizes.
The wraps/cm for those linens are:  21, 23, 20 and 23.

Only two readily available silks in size 40/3:
Pipers Twisted Gloss (filament) 40/3 - 19 wraps/cm
Gutermann spun silk 40/3 (R753) - 20 wraps/cm
Being German in origin the Gutermann is more likely to be the substitute, 
it's also matte rather than shiny.

Brenda

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