Alice wrote, <When working in warm/dry climate, it helps to replace the moisture in the threads. I found linen threads breaking last month when I spent two long days outdoors at DH's family reunion. That night I spread out my bobbins with plastic underneath to protect the pillow, then laid a damp cloth over the thread area of the bobbins, and left it all night.
As far as I know, when finishing a piece, linen follows the basic rule I was taught.... leave on the pillow at least 12 hours before unpinning so the last threads can set their position memory. Alice in Oregon ... continued hot weather. Today we get to drive 300 miles to my brother's 50th anniversary celebration.> Hi Alice and spiders, I think we had this thread already. But anyway, we had a very hot and dry summer this year with temperatures rising to 38 C with no relief in the evenings or nights, I was just working on a Kortelahti pattern which took about a month to complete. I never used moisture on my linen thread and the threads never broke. I live in a very dry area and air conditioning dries the air even more in the house. My thread wasn't new , I think I bought it about 12 years ago (Finnish linen) . I don't like working with linen but I never had any problems with it. Miriam, in hot Arad, Israel. - 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
