Dear Jeri, While I have looked at Inge Skovgaard's book in the past, I do not have it, so I cannot tell if it is the same pattern. In any event, the pattern I have definitely is not Tonder, as the ground is Dieppe ground, and not point ground. It measures, per the pricking notes, 1.5 cm, which would be about the same. Not only has Brenda Paternoster told me that the equivalent thread is Egyptian 70, the Svenska Spetsar answered my email to them and said the same. I will thus be putting aside that excellent advice and trying Aurifil 50, which is actually an equivalent of Egyptian 60, because Aurifil 50 feels so much more like linen that it is worth winding 11 pair to see if it works. But I have Egyptian 70, so I am good to go in any event. Sadly Aurifil does not come any finer than 50. I had googled the 160 thread, and it does not appear anywhere, which is consistent with what I know of linen thread. We use Egyptian cotton.
As for your other concern, losing emails, and others not reading out emails, I look at it this way. Not everyone will want to read what I write, and that is fine with me. I cannot please everyone, and I do not try to, although I do try to please as many as I can without strain. However, if what I write interests even one person, my effort will not have been in vain, even if the email then disappears immediately. Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where the weather continues gorgeous. We did have rain, but at night, and no flooding as they did on Long Island, east of New York City. We are not accustomed to so much beautiful weather. Usually at this time of year the air conditioning is on, and any walking or outdoor activity is done in the early morning before it heats up. Not this year. > Jeri wrote: >Is this the same as "Little Heart of Denmark", with prickings, instructions > and photos of straight edging, corner turning and curved lace? If so, our > newer lace makers will find it in the 1991 Batsford book "The Technique of > Tonder Lace" by Inge Skovgaard, ISBN 0-7134-6255-8, pattern 9, page 56. > >Perhaps it has been re-scaled in the pattern you bought in Sweden? >Finished lace is about 1/2 inch wide. The thread sizes are different: 10 >pairs >with 140, 1 bobbin with 35/2, 1 bobbin with 35/3 -- or wind 11 pairs with >140, 1 bobbin with 35/3. (The 35/2 passive gimp in the footing may be >replaced by a pair of threads -- something for all lace makers to remember, >since >shopping for threads can be difficult.) > Lyn wrote, >I bought the pricking for Little Danish Heart, (Danska Hjartan) from the >Svenska Spetstar a couple years ago, and am now ready to start. It >appears >that the thread required is linen 160/2 or 180/2 with gimp of 25. - 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/
