> 29 mm is the length, equivalent 1.14 inch... to measure diameter you'd have > to have a micrometer I guess!
It's easier to measure diameter if you put about 10 pins side by side in a row. (you alternate where the heads go). Then you can measure and divide by 10. So if your row of 10 pins is 5.5 mm across, then each pin is .55 mm in diameter. The finest lace pins are about .40 mm diameter. These are used when making very fine laces, but they do bend very easily. For that reason I prefer using .50 - .55 mm diameter pins, or even larger ones if I'm making something in coarse thread. Adele West Vancouver, BC - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
