Hi Malvary Schappeseide is just a generic term for schappe silk - which is spun from cocoons which have hatched and have not degummed rather than ordinary spun silk which is spun from the broken bits and pieces left over after reeled/filament/nett silk has been taken from the cocoons.
The only silk with a size of 120/2 that I've seen is Bart & Francis Shappe which is labelled with a cotton count of 120/2 and the metric number 210/1 - but that is very fine; 45 w/cm, which is not what I would expect to use for a scarf. So, I think that you will have to go back to basics and measure the dot spacing of the pattern to determine how many wraps/cm she needs. Is it a torchon pattern? Brenda in north Kent where it was +29 degrees yesterday and predicted to be the same today. On 2 Oct 2011, at 05:03, Malvary Cole wrote: > One of my students wants to make a scarf from the Bellon (sp?) book. It calls > for Schappeseide 120/2. I don’t know if this is a brand name or just a > generic expression for spun silk. > > What we need is a suggested number of wraps, so that we can find something > equivalent. > > Thanks for your help. > > Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where it has turned quite cool +9c today but it is > supposed to be warmer by next weekend when I go to Ithaca to the Lace > Conference. > > - > 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 Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - 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
