Ah, I am sorry. I didn't take that into account. With lace knitting there are different thicknesses (sp?) but not as much as with lace. I am not that familiar with the threads in lace. I more or less evolved from "rope" - I kid, worsted yarn - to fingering and then lace yarn.
Would anyone know how fine the thread for 19th century Point de Rose or Point de Gaz is? Nathalie - who one day hope to knit a shawl in cobweb thread, but fears that won't ever happen. On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Brenda Paternoster <[email protected]> wrote: > Without a very very close magnified photograph of the lace *and* a scale with > it there is no way that anyone could tell you the thickness of the thread > used to make a piece of lace from just a picture. There isn't even an > indication as to how wide that lace edging is. Even with the actual lace in > your hand it would be very difficult to determine. > > The photo isn't detailed enough to say whether it's a point ground or a > Flemish pattern though I think it probably is a bobbin lace rather than a > needle lace. Dating lace isn't my strong point, but I'd guess that it's late > 18th or early 19th century which means that the thread used was very fine - > comparable to, or finer than, the finest cotton thread available today (Brok > 180/2 or Bart & Francis unbleached 240/2) if you can get it. The very fine > linens are no longer available. > > Brenda - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
