Suzi, The more I read of your shall I/shan't I buy this thread or that, the more convinced I am that what your *need to buy first* is Brenda's book "Threads for Lace 3". This would answer all your questions and solve all your problems and dilemmas as to which thread to buy and which one is a substitute for another. It also allow you to use up thread that you may already have by explaining to you what size you alter your pricking to so the thread and pricking work together. Brenda gave you a very technical formula for working out the length of thread on a spool, but I would add the comment that unless 1) you are making a tablecloth edge or another enormous project of that sort, 2) it is a *very, very* thick thread or 3) the thread comes in tiny skeins (in which case it will most likely be sold by length not weight anyway - like embroidery silk), then the spool size will be enough for what you want to make. In over 25 years the only thread I can remember needing a second spool of was an acrylic knitting type yarn of about 4ply thickness (whatever that is in US English) and I was making a Tshirt! If you are working in more than one colour the above applies even more, because you may only be winding a few pairs in each colour. I don't even consider how much is on a reel because I know there is always enough - as my enormous part-used-reel thread stash will testify. The fibre, thickness and colour are what I base my choice on. Most of my students have a copy of the "Threads Book"; the only one who refuses to have her own copy, "because she doesn't need it", is actually the one who needs it most! The very first time I was showing (and selling) the book in class she said "No, she wouldn't have a use for it" and within an hour had fished out a new pattern and the few threads she has and asked which she could use instead of the recommended one!!!!! Jacquie in Lincolnshire.
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