Mouline is stranded cotton so they are possibly suggesting you use one strand, or more for gimps. Â Quite a few of my Russian lace books have stranded thread pictured and it's what we were given to work with in Moscow.
The easiest way is just to see which thread is the right size to fit x pairs in the braids.  It might be finer than you think, and if it's too thick the plaited fillings will look clumsy. Jacquie in Lincolnshire -------- Original message -------- >From Sue <[email protected]> Date: 29/01/2014 13:24 (GMT+00:00) To Arachne <[email protected]> Subject [lace] Thread size and type I am looking through a book of Russian Lace patterns and it mentions a thread called Mouline DMC cotton. It also mentions natural silk, linen and cotton can be used of appropriate thickness. Not sure I have found the right thing In Brendas magic book. I feel this might be an old type thread and would be interested to hear what threads are around now of similar thickness etc. Any help please, gratefully received. Sue T Dorset UK - 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/
