Thank you for all the useful replies. I had picked on sewing cotton simply because it is readily available. I am off on my travels north on Sunday and, during my second week, I will be staying with someone who keeps saying she would like to learn bobbin lace. I thought I would lend her a basic pillow (i.e. the kind I learned on), a few pairs of bobbins and some pins. I plan on doing some prickings for her and have bought her Bridget Cook's "The Torchon lace workbook".to give to her. So I decided to go with the thread for the first few prickings in this book - cotton perle 5. I thought I had some of this thread but have just discovered that it is no. 8 that I have and I really cannot visualise no.5 at all. To top it all I have mislaid Brenda's book!!!! Can anyone advise if I am likely to find perle 5 in The Embroidery Shop in Edinburgh? Failing that how many strands of DMC embroidery silk/floss would be the equivalent of no.5? The lady in question has an ample supply of that. While I want to give her the opportunity to start a) I shall be nearly 600 miles away after one week with her and b) I'm not sure how much time she'll give to it.
I had thought about the snake but that would mean hauling up some of my equipment and the car will be full to overflowing as it is. TIA Patricia in Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
