The formula for enlarging/reducing a pattern to suit a different thread is on page 12 of Ed 5.
"Existing wraps/cm ÷ required wraps/cm x 100 = % enlargement/reduction. For an existing torchon pattern on 2mm grid for 30 w/cm which you wish to use with a 24 w/cm thread such as Bockens 50/2: 30 ÷24 x 100% = 125% For a point ground pattern suited to Madeira Tanne 50 – 39 w/cm with 2.5mm between footedge pins that you wish to make using Brok 120/2 – 60 wraps/cm: 39 ÷ 50 x100% = 78%" So - to change from 39 w/cm to 27 w/cm it's: 39 ÷ 27 x 100% = 144.444444444% 140% and 150% are both reasonably close to that enlargement. A4 -> A3 enlargement is 141% = twice the area (because 1.41 x 1.41 = 2) and that's about the amount you need to enlarge for Tanne 50 -> Guetermann silk 100/3. Brenda > >> I have just found a nice little motif pattern I want to make for my Mum and >> the pattern quotes madeira tanne 50 (which is 39 wraps and is 2Z) in >> Brenda's book. I want to use my gutterman silk which says it is 27 wraps and >> 3Z). Would it be sensible to print the pattern out slightly bigger for the >> silk and if so by how much. Time is a little short now for me to have >> time to make some samples to see which ones best, so I hope you lovely >> spiders will come to my aid here. > > It's probably too late, since I see that you've already copied your pattern @ > 140% but... I have designed some initials (mostly tape and leaf tallies but > some very basic fans in the frame as well) and used to work them in Madeira > 50. Since it's becoming harder and harder for me to make sewings in that size > thread, I'm moving to Gutermann's silk myself. And found that it gives me > the same density and overall look, when the pattern is copied @150%. Yes, > it's quite a bit bigger than the original... > Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.me.uk - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
