I've recently acquired a copy of "Cluny de Brioude dentelle polychrome" by Odette Arpin. It inspires me to persevere with my leaves and tallies!
She calls for use of "Soie d'Alger" and "Soie 150 deniers", neither of which I can locate in my "Threads for Lace". A Google search reveals "Soie d'Alger" to be a 7 stranded spun silk - perhaps it's the same as the 7-strand hand dyed silk from South Africa I purchased recently here in Oz called "Chameleon"? Soie 150 deniers could possible equate to the Bart & Francis Argentine silk 150 denier at 32 wpc. I gather from the book I'm supposed to use it double for the worker/centre thread in leaves. My French is not very good. "Le tour de main est a acquerir pour bien la reussir" - you get better with practice? Noelene in Cooma [email protected] - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
