On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 00:55 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To answer whether you should break the wrapping threads, you'd have to decide > what your intention really is for these threads: Will you preserve them > "as-is" for historic reasons, or would you use the thread for a > reconstruction? I think that the answer might help solve the question you > have. > > And BTW - I have also heard these threads refer to as "bands" instead of > "slips". A 14-band thread was one of the finest available, and at one time I > had an opportunity to buy a pristine, intact, packet of 14-band thread. Now > I wish I had, but at the time, I wondered what I would ever do with it... > and if it was worth what seemed to me to be a lot of money (as it turns out, > it was probably a steal!). > > Clay > > Clay Blackwell > Lynchburg, VA, USA
The finest of peach are 18 and 1/2 slip and I enjoy to work this thread. If in good condition it does not break more often than any other fine thread and the result in lace is really nice. The last time I had the opportunity to buy some fine one (finer than 14 slips), it did had a price of 9 euros a band, compared to new thread it is more expensive but the finer than 14 slip is finer that any new thread I can buy, the bands under 10 slips are usually sold around 4 to 6 euros. The unwinding of the slips is taking a lot of time. Alix Luxembourg - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
