On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 20:56:27 -0500, Jane wrote: >work. I imagine I'll have to make my own varigated to get >the effect I'm after but I'm wondering if there are some thicker threads (I >think I'm using #80 tatting cotton, it's downstairs) with a short change in >color. I don't know in which countries it is sold other than UK and Germany, but Anchor-Coats-Mez have some variegated colours. These are available in six-strand embroidery cotton which could be used for bobbin lace, and the same colours are also available in perle 5 cotton which would be thicker still than the 80 cotton. The thing about these Anchor threads is that the colour change is very short - 10cm or 4inches. I have a few of them in very bright combinations - blue/yellow/pink like a parrot, red/yellow/orange, and blue/yellow/green.
>And what does everybody else think about varigated thread? Can be wonderful where it suits or a disaster when the variegation takes over and outweighs the pattern shape. I either love or hate its use, I never find it neutral. >I love >the effect Sulochona got using varigated for the crocheted tape in her >Romania Point Lace piece! Probably the best use I ever made of variegated thread was a hairpin lace hanky edging done in variegated 80 tatting cotton. The variegation was only light orange to deeper orange and back, quite subtle. The hairpin loops used a lot of thread and so showed up the gentle colour change which matched the wavy shape of the pattern. -- I went to all that work to get him out of his shell, and he really *was* a spineless mollusc! Dame Enid Aurelia Steph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tatting, lace & stitching page <http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
