Hello Sue
Which size Guetermann silk does Louise Colgan suggest?
If it's the most readily available 100/3 spun silk (ticket S303) then
that is 27 wraps/cm, the same as Venus 70. Special Dentelles 80 is
little bit finer at 30 wraps/cm. The feel of the lace made with Venus
will be different to lace made from silk, but the overall appearance
will be very similar.
Brenda
I am also working a milanese pattern and chose to use coloured threads
already
in my box. I did a quick ish look at size against the width of the
pattern
and it looked fine. Louise Colgan recommends Gutterman silk which I
dont yet
have, but I do have lots of colours of the venus (which I also thought
was
meant to be similar in size to the fil a dentelle/special dentelle 80.
Because it is my first piece I decided to go for similar colours
making it
easier to follow the instructions, plans ect and also metalic threads
(something that I am not good at using). It has been going ok, but I
am not
totally happy with my tension, but I am persevering.
Which is me trying to explain my question which is, what threads are
closest
to the gutterman in thickness for the future. I am plodding on and
hope to
improve with continued working, but without metalic threads in the
future. It
has taken almost 2 years for me to actually jump in and do it,
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
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