Tamara wrote: >Does anyone know what 34 gauge is, when translated into the increments >of a centimetre? I have a spool (too short, alas, being only 80m) of >0.18mm wire (Swiss-made), and no clue what it corresponds to, vis-a-vis >"gauge"...
34 gauge (American) is 0.16 mm nominal diameter; your 0.18 mm would be about 33 gauge, and could probably be used in the same patterns as 34 gauge (I can use 32 gauge *almost* interchangeably with 34 gauge, when the availability of colors dictates that I should). For those worried about the loss of supplies from the Silver Pin, I can recommend these suppliers: http://www.artisticwire.com/ now sells their wire directly to consumers from their website. http://www.softflexcompany.com/artistic_wire.htm is a long-established supplier of Artistic wire, although they don't carry the whole line. and, for those needing even finer wire, or pure silver, http://www.wires.co.uk/acatalog/index.html sells colored enamel wire as fine as 0.10 mm (38 gauge American!!) as well as fine silver (99.9%) and 9K gold wire in a variety of sizes. They also have information about wire sizes in American and British gauges, and metric equivalents. Their shipping to America is very quick and reasonable. Their colors tend to be darker and less intense than the Artistic wire colors but are no less attractive. I have no connection to any of these companies except as a satisfied customer. I might also add that people reluctant to buy large numbers of special wire bobbins (or to convert large numbers of their ordinary bobbins by adding eyehooks) might try just winding the fine wire onto unmodified double-headed bobbins as if it was ordinary thread (using bobbins without a double head causes a sharp kink under the head, which tends to snap the wire, but I've made all my wire lace using a mix of International Square, Dutch Doublehead, and well-smoothed unspangled midlands bobbins--no hooked bobbins at all!). Happy lacing, Sue. Susan Lambiris Raleigh, NC [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
