Hi Jane, It is a cotton (vintage types) cord wrapped in rayon. If you look at modern wedding laces with a 'gimp', the gimp cord is similar to what they are suggesting. Here is a close-up from a modern piece: http://doily.exblog.jp/8393729. It is much heavier than a normal gimp thread. Vintage cord turns up occasionally on eBay and is often advertised as crochet gimp. I think it may have been used to crochet purses. I was in a ribbon store in Toronto recently and they had rayon gimp available in quite a number colours. I think some fabric stores carry it but maybe only in white and black, and I suspect the modern version is probably a polyester core with a rayon wrapping.
Hope this helps, Cindy Rusak, Bracebridge, ON, Canada On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Jane O'Connor <[email protected]> wrote: > I, too, have a threads question. What is Mirecourt cord? I picked up a > pattern > yesterday that call for it used as a gimp and have no idea what the thread > is > or > possible substitution. Help! > Jane O'Connor > New Lenox, IL USA > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
