Hello Clay
None of these are particularly fine; even the 30 lea would only compare
to NeL 60/2, about 24 or 25 wraps/cm and the two thicker ones are
stated to be tow linen and therefore pretty slubby. Linen tow is all
the bits and pieces left over after the best fibres have been used -
rather like spun silk, though of course linen fibres are rather coarser
than silk filament to start with.
The 12 lea has 4000 yards to the pound, equivalent to NeL 13.33/1
The 14 lea has 4200 yards to the pound, equivalent to NeL 14/1
The 20 lea has 6000 yards to the pound, equivalent yo NeL 20/1
The 30 lea has 9000 yards to the pound, equivalent to NeL 30/1
Brenda - who won't be bidding either!
On 18 Sep 2005, at 15:26, Clay Blackwell wrote:
With our talk about the books by Brenda Paternoster and Martina
Wolter-Kampmann still fresh in our minds, it's interesting to see these
cones of linen on eBay. It looks like the cones were manufactured for
millwork - surely lacemakers would not have ordinarily bought so much
at
one time, and except for one of the cones, the linen appears rather
coarse.
But the one cone, which is described at "80 lea" in size, is said to
be a
single ply, having more than 24,000 yards to the pound. That *sounds*
awfully fine - but the single-ply part worries me a little. I would
think
it would pull apart awfully easily and drive a lacemaker crazy. In a
loom
it might be a dream, and the people bidding on it may be weavers.
Does anyone (Brenda?) know more about the properties of this thread?
Clay
Who doesn't plan to bid, btw... ; )
Clay Blackwell
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Date: 9/18/2005 7:13:13 PM
Subject: [lace] linen thread on ebay
Hi there
I have just found the following ebay seller who is selling 100% irish
linen thread
http://search.ebay.com.au/_W0QQsassZceol-deasQQhtZ-1
I will not be bidding because I cant see me using this much but
perhaps
one/some of you?
Jenny Brandis
Kununurra, Western Australia
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