On May 20, 2006, at 22:43, Jenny Brandis wrote:
Here is the "translated" version:
http://tinyurl.com/rja2c
Tee hee. Mine said: "This page has been automatically translated from
French (by Google)." And "View the Original Web Page". Which was in a
click-able format, so I did. They _both_ are "French to me"; no
translation has taken place, as far as I can see :)
Then check out Tricks & Easy Ways.
Couldn't find it, even in French (I don't speak it, but I do recognize
some basic words)
A Model to me is a tall, slender person who walks on the platform
showing
off clothes - not a pattern or pricking.
"Showing" is the key word; in Polish, "to model" means "to present" (as
in: "to show") The word "model" for "pattern" is used in several
European languages (German and Danish for example). The skinny young
thing mincing down the catwalk is showing one example of a pattern by a
designer.
Wire to me is metal, not something as fine as lace thread :)
I work mostly with 32 gauge (0.2mm), single-ply wire. It behaves
differently than cotton/linen/silk threads do (though each of those has
its own quirks also) but it's, probably, an equivalent of 50/2 cotton
thread. Susan Lambiris:
http://home.earthlink.net/~slambiris/
works with 34 gauge (0.16mm) which, at least for pin-spacing, is about
the same as 80/2 cotton. Not the finest by lacemaking standards, but no
"rope", either :)
Which has just made me think -
to make a thread the fibre is spun, then two or more of these threads
can
be plied together the same technique is used to make string, rope,
cables etc.
So why are then not all called thread?
Because we expect "thread" to be very, very pliable and soft; when it's
not, we don't call it "thread" anymore. When thread has many plies, we
call it "string", "rope", "cord" or "cable" ("cable" is also the term
used for multi-plied wire; another crossover between the fibers)
The single plies of fine wire are quite close to (non-metal) thread in
behaviour; they just do not need to be plied for strength in working as
quickly as non-metal "threads" do.
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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