Just a note about assessing the size of threads. Brenda compares them by counting the number of wraps needed to cover One Centimetre, not an inch. (Very different results)
Fil a Dentelle is 30 wrpas and equivalent threads would be Special Dentelles, Broder Special 50 DMC Cordonnet 80. Also YLI quilting thread which works up quite nicely.
An equivalent for the MEZ Effectgarn could be a single strand of Madeira metallic no. 10 or Madeira Glissen Gloss Rainbow.
Jean in Cleveland UK
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On Sunday, November 2, 2003, at 06:26 AM, Patty Dowden wrote:
Hi Shirlee,
I looked up the threads you asked about in Brenda's book.
. . .Would any tatting threads be comparable to Fil a Dentelle?
Fil A Dentelle is size 80 tatting thread.
Also, I have a pattern calling for Mez Effektgarn fine metallic thread. I have several skeins of DMC metallic floss & am wondering if a strand or two of this would be an appropriate substitute?
MEZ Effektgarn fine metallic is 2 ply with 30 wraps per inch DMC metallic floss is 2 ply with 21 wraps per inch
The DMC is half again as thick as the MEZ
For reference, Fil A Dentelle is 30 wraps per inch.
Any metallic that is about the same size as tatting cotton could be used.
If all you have for metallic accent is the DMC metallic floss, used a crochet cotton of about the same size, DMC size 30 cordonnet (crochet thread) is 20 wraps per inch and DMC size 40 is 22 wraps per inch.
DMC Perle Cotton size 12 is 21 wraps per inch. (Personally I like to tat with perl cotton. It tats softer than normal tatting thread because it has fewer plies and less twist.)
Note: Most metallic threads are a thin metallized polyester strip wrapped around a carrying thread. Some metallics have a strong tendency to unwrap and snarl when tatted. I don't know of particular threads to recommend that behave better or worse.
Note: All these numbers cited at wraps per inch is the method Brenda uses to compare the relative thickness of threads. Thin threads can be wrapped around a card many more times than thick threads can. The wrap number is a good index of whether two threads are very nearly the same size or not.
NOW can you start your project? I hope so. Sometimes I just want to go do it!
All the best,
Patty Dowden
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