> Can't help with the clover (not a brand I've seen before), The only Clover silk I’ve seen is size 50 which is 32 w/m.
> but I also found a silk thread that's not listed in Threads for Lace in my > stash yesterday - Pipers twisted gloss silk 90/2; the threads Pipers' website > suggests as equivalent are mostly in the 40-45 wraps/cm range so I'm trying > it on a pattern sized for 40 w/cm (it's a tape lace so I can add extra pairs > if necessary) Hmmm, 40-45 w/cm sounds a bit fine. They do a 90/2 silk gimp which is 30 w/cm In theory 90/2 =60/3, and whilst I haven’t got any Piper 60/3 listed there is 50/3 - 21 w/cm and 80/3 - 28 w/cm I would expect it to be more in the region of 25-30 w/cm But reeled silk is a very obliging thread, it will squash down in tight corners or spread out when it can. That makes it a good choice for laces like Idrija and Milanese. > > Brenda - if you'd like a sample to do a test wrap reply to me privately and > I'll post a length to you; if the launch of edition 6 is imminent I'll send > it at the same time as my order. As I haven’t seen either Pipers 90/2 or Clover Quilter’s silk no 8 samples of either would be very welcome. My postal address is still the same as in the front of all editions of Threads for Lace. Anything which reaches me by the end of January should get included in Ed6. Brenda in Allhallows paternos...@appleshack.com www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - 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/
