I tried wrapping threads around both a wooden dowel and cardboard BUT
there is one major problem to that method (sorry Brenda) UNLESS you use
a constant tension on your thread as you wind it you can change the
number of wraps per inch quite significantly. I experimented using a
loose hand tension and then a tight hand tension and got as much as 5
wraps per inch difference in the same length of thread. As a physicist
this type of error is not acceptable. In my dotage I may try doing the
wraps using a predetermined tension that can be controlled. Also some
threads such as wool have more elasticity (again my materials science
training comes in here) and hence stretch, narrow and hence change their
behaviour, ie wraps per inch.
When determining thickness of wool I always check the recommended needle
size as my guide.
When it comes to lace threads I have used 2 books, Brenda's and
Martina's. If the European thread thickness which is independent of
wraps, is on the label I use Martina's book to make any substitutions.
If no thread thickness is available I then use Brenda's book and double
check with Martina's (Brenda has more threads in her book and is awlays
a good starting point).
Anna in not so sunny Sydney
On 4/06/11 5:44 AM, Brenda Paternoster wrote:
Hi Jean
I just use a piece of paper with two parallel lines drawn on it.
The instructions are at:
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/misc/misc.htm
but the photo does really need re-doing as it's not very sharp.
Brenda
In a knitting magazine I bought last week there's an item on wool stashes. It
gives the wraps per inch of the different plies of wool so you can identify
whether you have double knitting wool or 4-ply equivalent or whatever. They
show a couple of wooden gauges for winding the wool round and one looks very
much like a turned thick lace bobbin with the gauge part (the neck) exactly an
inch long. They call it an inch gauge/Wrap per inch tool. The web link to it
doesn't come up with what it should and I haven't found it by googling.
I thought a lace bobbin which isn't used much, which has a neck exactly 1 inch
long (unlikely to be as short as 1 cm), especially if it's a bit thick could be
used as a gauge for lace threads with the aid of Brenda's threads book.
Brenda in Allhallows
www.brendapaternoster.co.uk
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