Can anyone tell me what "purse silk" or "purse twist" is? From what I have
managed to glean from the web, it appears to be three ply silk with a high
sheen and thicknesses quoted are 300 and 500, or numbers to that effect.
Three of the definitions I've found are:
A stout silk thread used for knitting purses, and also for embroidery with
the needle. Also purse-twist.
Alchemy Yarns - Alchemy Silken Straw: 76e - Citrine - $30.00
100 % silk. 40 grams, 236 yards. 6 spi on US size 4 needle. A sport weight
purse silk floss with a unique texture. Lovely worked double if desired.
This fiber reaches its full and drapey potential when introduced to a hot
iron
: a smooth tightly twisted silk thread used esp. for embroidery or knitting
I have a couple of miser's purses and patterns for a few. All the patterns,
whether for knitted or crocheted, call for purse silk. They nearly all use
seed beads or cut steel beads (I have found a source for those) incorporated
into the knitting or crochet. I've chosen one pattern to make and the
instructions call for:
½ once size EE Corticelli Purse Twist or ½ ounce No 300 Florence Knitting
Silk and two No.18 needles.
Converting the needle size to it's modern equivalent isn't a problem, but
the silk is. What I've found on the web so far doesn't help with thickness.
Brenda's book has one reference to Corticelli silk in two thicknesses, but I
don't know if that's what I'm looking for:
Belding Corticelli pure silk (reeled) A 3Z 35 and Buttonhole twist D 2S 20.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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