If you have J & P Coats tatting-crochet-3 cord, it is close in measure to Brok linen 60/2. I got this info from Brenda's Threads for Lace book - highly recommended for all your thread comparison purposes! I am sure there is a lace supplier in the US that stocks this valuable reference. My free New Year's advice to you is to obtain a copy asap ;)
On Jan 2, 2008 12:46 PM, Tatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am currently working on the lessons from Edna Sutton's book "Bruges > Flower > Lace" and it calls for size 60/2 linen thread. I don't have that thread > and > have used DMC perle coton size 12 and I feel this thread is just a tad > thick. So I found a Brok size 50/2(I think) in my stash and have finished > a > couple of flowers as you can see on my blog: http://www.tat-man.net/blog > > But I feel that this thread is a tad too thin. Can't win! So could any > of > you knowledgeable spiders recommend a thread that might be just right(said > -- Bev (in single digit Celsius :p near Sooke, BC on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
