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> So I'm not going to use 80 cotton any more for oya. I actually 
> managed to get better results with cheap polyester sewing thread! 
> I think I may use perle 8, even though it's quite coarse, because 
> it comes in so many colours. Or I may unply some embroidery floss 
> and try making oya with single strands.

I've had very good luck with the #40 and #50 "crochet" cottons, like 
Flora and those Turkish variegated ones (Altan Basaak, or similar 
names).  Not that my oya came out lovely, but that's because I'm a 
novice and still have a lot of practice to get tension and loop size 
uniform.

Robin P.
Los Angeles, California, USA
(formerly  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
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