On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:34:51 EST, Patricia wrote: >I have bought some UFO candle holders and prickings for insertions. As I >intend these to be presents I decided to make the insertions in colours to suit >the recipients. I bought a selection of Madeira Cotona 30 in what colours I >could find as this thread is being discontinued. For the first pricking I would >my bobbins with a pretty pale green and after I had done about one quarter of >the circle my threads started to break; they simply drifted apart. In class >we decided that the colour probably had much to do with it and, as the tutor >said, there had to be a reason it isn't being produce any more and perhaps its >lack of strength was the reason. > >I finished the first one - with some mutterings as yet another thread broke - >and wound my bobbins with deep purple to do the second, using a different >pricking. This time not one thread broke. i'm not complaining, just confused
I believe that Madeira Cotona and Madeira Tanne are the same thread, but Cotona is wound on cotton reels and Tanne on slimmer spools to make a cop in larger quantities. One of my early thread purchases in 1996 or 1997 was several shades of Tanne in green and yellow, in size 50 I think. The pale green was a lovely colour, but in use I found that the threads parted with a sigh under no tension at all. At first I put this down to inexperience, but then I found that the darker greens and the yellow didn't break at all. After a second attempt with the pale green which suffered from the same problem I threw the spool away. So I wonder if your pale green and mine were the same. I'm pretty sure that it would be possible for dyes to change the strength of a thread, after all they are chemically reacting with the cotton to change its colour. -- Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. George Burns Steph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tatting, lace & stitching page <http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm> Scanned by WinProxy http://www.Ositis.com/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
