Patricia in Wales wrote:- > I find it interesting that green seems to damage thread. (snip)
I believe I have evidence that the problem may really lie with the colour, and not a rogue batch of cotton fibre, or even Madeira manufacture. After considerable rummaging, I've found the bobbin of thread that caused me so much grief, (why on Earth did I keep it?), when I first decided to experiment with colour in my lace. It's DMC Brillante d'Alsace coton 30, and it carries the number 953, which I take to be a colour code. Anyway, it's a lovely pale green, shading slightly towards turquoise, which matched some hand-made beads I wanted to include. Well, I never got as far as putting in the beads, as the wretched stuff broke with far too much regularity for my peace of mind. I despaired of the project, and - now I come to think of it - of using colour in lace. In fact, I've only just recently dug out my beads and ordered some matching thread, this time in linen, because I *still* have that project at the back of my mind. (Raising its hand and bouncing up and down, wanting to be made - do other people have to put up with that sort of thing, or do I just have an undisciplined mind?) Anyway, I shall try again - and if the thread takes to breaking again, this time I can go back to the lady who is dyeing it for me: I'm sure she'll be intrigued by the problem, and want to discuss it at length. Yours sincerely, Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
