It's often done, if only where coton perlé is used as a gimp with linen threads for the rest. Shrinkage doesn't seem to be a problem here or it would by now be in the list of "lace don't -do's".
A friend recently made a cake frill combining a thin cotton and thin linen thread on each pair (both threads she had no other use for, as there wasn't a vast quantity of either) to give the size thread she needed, this worked well. If you have a specific need to combine the two fibres, and it's an important piece of work, consider winding off skeins of each which you could pre-shrink, then there would be no worries about that aspect. If you are not used to working with skeins, have a look at some spinning, dyeing or weaving blogs to get the basics. So long as you follow basic rules there is no difficulty handling the thread. Jacquie in Lincolnshire. Sent from my iPhone On 8 Jan 2012, at 09:16, Delia Palin <[email protected]> wrote: > Can anyone please tell me if it works to mix cotton and linen threads in > the same piece of lace, please? The main bit of my fanleaf will be linen, > but to get the colour/s I need, in the thickness of thread I need, I will > have to use cotton and I am not sure if they will work well together. > > Thankyou. > > - > 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/albums/most-recent - 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/albums/most-recent
