On 5/23/06, Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Indeed, you're right; plied wire does behave more like thread; probably
Hmm, define 'plied wire' ? Industry refers to 2-strand wire, not 2-ply wire. As far as I know, wire isn't usually plied (twisted) when in multiple strands. The strands lie side by side in a bundle, which you will know if you strip the plastic off wire to get at the single strands (a wire _cable_ could have twist along the strands, for strength, but it is wound around a cable drum, and generally speaking used to tow or anchor something, not to twist around itself :p ).
I _do_ ply my 0.1mm wire: for strength, flexibility and colour options.
So - when you use 2 strands of wire for bobbin lace are you simply using 2 together (side by side or however way they wrap around the bobbin and work into the lace), or do you put twist in them first, clockwise or counterclockwise? if the latter then technically, in spinning terms, it is 2-ply wire :) Fine wire and cotton thread are both strands; cotton thread is a fibrous strand. Wire is a non-fibrous strand. -- Bev where if there is any more rain, she will be stranded in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) :p - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
