On 5/24/06, Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On May 23, 2006, at 23:45, bevw wrote:
> Hmm, define 'plied wire' ?
> Industry refers to 2-strand wire, not 2-ply wire.
Well, I'm not "industry ... used to the term "ply" in thread and simply carried it over
to wire, since I use wire as "thread" for lacemaking.
That is understandable, but we as a group seem to take pains to
correct people calling bobbin lace as tatting, for instance, that in
the same way it is worthwhile for us to know (if not use, but at least
to know) appropriate thread terms, and wire terms.
> Fine wire and cotton thread are both strands;
If that's so, then what's "single-ply wool"? Why isn't it
"single-strand"?
Because 2-ply wool is made up of 2 singles of wool. In handspinning we
use the term 'singles', rather than single ply (the word 'ply'
_implying_ [eek] that some action has been taken in combining the
wool yarns. Note I said yarn not thread (would you ever refer to wire
as yarn?) but wool that is spun fine enough I would call a thread ;)
And why is the "/2" (as in: 80/2) interpreted as "2
plies of 80 weight thread"?
I call it 2-ply or plied with 2 single strands of whatever spun fibre.
The 2-ply thread is a strand, too.
And why, if you buy your Medici wool for > tapestry, each _strand_ is
constructed of two?
And two of what?
Two strands of singles wool?
'strand' refers to the long item as a whole, however way it might be
constructed (strand of pearls, strand of wire, strand of cotton
thread)
travel safe
Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada)
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