In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes > 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!
Just occasionally you do need more than one reel - I'm still on the getting to be long term project of making my petticoat - (a full (knee-) length underslip) which needs a narrow edging to go round the top of 1.5m, and 2.5m of a wider edging to go round the hem (and up round a slit to one side). So I looked in the shops, couldn't find anything of similar design in two widths, and decided to make the lace instead. I have adapted the first of the patterns from Retournac - the one with the half stitch "wave" edge and alternate blocks of half and cloth stitch in the trail - to the two widths I needed (half inch and about 1.5 inch respectively). The narrow length worked up quickly, but after starting the second, wider length I soon found I needed more than one reel of DMC Broder Machine 30 to complete it. Being one of the shades, not standard white or ecru, I was glad that there had been mention from Sylvia Hornsby that she could still order this thread from France (I think this was last year, we discussed it on the list for a while) and I bought two more reels just in case - I am still hearing from other suppliers that it has been discontinued! I am still on the second reel, but at least now I know I have more than enough to finish the lace. As to how long all this is taking - I was working the narrow strip on the train when I went down to Honiton for the 400 (?450) years exhibition at All Hallows Museum, if anyone can remember which year that was, and I got ten inches worked between the two train journeys. (My memory is getting terrible!). Two and a half yards x 20 or so pairs doesn't sound as if it will need more than a reel, but it is when you take into account the two half inch wide trails, and the amount of thread needed for the two worker pairs, that the amount of thread required really adds up. A strip of lace that is mostly ground, without the continuous trails, would take a lot less thread. How much thread a pattern will take is a question often asked by new lacemakers - but even those of us with years of experience get it wrong sometimes! (I was just grateful I could still buy the thread, and there wasn't a major difference in dye-lot!). -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
