Hello Lynda Welcome to Arachne
Lynda wrote: > Im a new lurker on the group and just love all the emails and information - > I have a question - is there anyway to work out how much thread to put on > your bobbins when doing a pattern? There's no definitive method for working out how much thread a pattern will take - it depends on the stitches being used (passive threads travel further in a half stitch motif than in a cloth stitch one, for instance), and whether the workers stay the same throughout or keep "swapping" to passives. For a small torchon piece (eg a bookmark) where the workers don't change, the "rule of thumb" I've heard quoted is 4 times the length of the piece on each passive thread, and a couple of yards on each worker. Does anyone else have a way of estimating how much thread they'll need? My problem isn't so much how much to wind on each bobbin, but how to work out how many reels of thread a BIG project (tablecloth edging or large mat) will need (I tend to make long edgings so I fill all the bobbins as full as possible to reduce the number of times I have to bring in a new thread while working). Happy Lacemaking! Beth in a bright spring morning in Cheshire (NW England) - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
