Hi Bev. I have two sources for Cantù threads. Holy Van Sciver < http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/> doesn't have a lot left, but last I heard she still had some filatu di Cantù size 30 and 40 left in écru. I bought a couple of spools. I also order from a lady named Gianfranca in Italy. Her site is <http://www.tombolodisegni.it/>. She has filatu per tombolo Cantù in white, ivory and écru in sizes 30, 40 and 50. She has a little English and accepts payment through PayPal.
I haven't tried any substitute threads yet. I have to order all my threads from abroad (the selection in Israel is very poor), so I just go ahead and order Cantù threads. Good luck! Sr. Claire On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 7:02 PM, bev walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone > ...and anyone who does Cantù lace, just a question - what thread(s) do you > use? > I'm working on a simple piece, thread specified is just 'no. 40 for > Cantù which I'm guessing is one listed in Brenda's thread book as the > Filato per Tombolo variety. > I don't have that, have tried Finca for lace 40 and 30, and now Coats > Encaje 30, this last one looks the best. It isn't easily available, > that I've seen though. > > I might start tinkering with enlarging the pattern to try other > round-y threads, such as Cebelia 30. > > -- > Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke 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] > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
