You may or may not have noticed that lace suppliers supply linen thread in varying shades of white. I was told by one supplier that eventually (through age and washing) it will all end up the same colour....Omo white. I love linen and the little bit of research I have done has shown that he is correct. Back in the days of yor when they made their own soap (rather than nipping down to the local supermarket for a packet of best biological), they would dry their linens on bushes in the sunshine , this was so the sun could bleach it. All the linen I have had no matter how dingy or discoloured, just gets whiter the more its washed. And it loves to be washed so don't be afraid. Just one point to note, when you wash it don't tug it too much to straighten it out, wait until it is nearly dry......linen is at its weakest when it is wet......ask me how I know <g>
Jane Bawn in Snowless Portchester UK > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Jenny Barron > Sent: 26 February 2005 14:56 > To: lace > Subject: [lace] lace ufo's > > > Hi, I'm slowly progressing with my longest running UFO - pattern > no 8 from Syllabus Grof (Brugs) Bloemwerk by Sonia > Vanoosterwijck, that's the Bruges mat on the cover - which I > started on 1/1/2000. I did a bit of the middle motif that year > and for one reason or other shelved it but have now finished the > middle motif and an working the flowers etc that surround it. I'm > doing it in Bockens 50/2 linen in white. I've just been working > in daylight for the first time and noticed a difference in the > lace I made 5 years ago and the flower I just finished. The new > flower is bright white and the older lace is not, I'd say it has > a creamier colour now, not yellowish though. > > Would that be an oxidation/natural aging process do you think? It > was covered well when I wasn't working on it so I'm assuming it's > not exposure to light. I'm hoping that as I work it -maybe > finishing it at some point<g> all the thread will end up the same > shade. It's not nearly obvious enough for me to abandon it but > I'm curious. > > jenny barron > Scotland > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
