Hello Ann
It depends which "DMC 50" you mean.
DMC Cordonnet 50 is similar thickness to Bouc 50, both are 23 wraps/cm.
DMC Coton a Broder is/was finer at 30 wraps/cm and DMC Broder Machine
50 is finer still at 42 wraps/cm.
Bev has already listed a number of alternatives to Bouc 70; Bockens
linen 60/2 or Fresia linen 80/3 are the nearest. Of the more available
cotton threads Presencia Finca 30 and Venus 70 both measure 27 wraps/cm
(marginally finer).
A single strand of most stranded cottons is 25 wraps/cm or thereabouts
but the 2ply soft twist of those threads means that it doesn't have the
'oomph' of a linen thread. Finca is 3ply and Venus is 3x2ply so they
both have more body to them.
Brenda
On 20 Dec 2008, at 20:52, ann.humphreys wrote:
I'm sure someone will be able to tell me this. Would DMC 50 be an
acceptable
equivalent thread to use instead of BOUC 50 linen thread and what
would be an
alternative to BOUC 70?
Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html
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