Hi everyone
I acquired some thread at weekend which isn't in Brenda's book -
described as "vintage cotton reels 50p" on the stall I found it on at
our local artisan market, it's actually sewing cotton (on plastic reels
and quote metres as well as yards, so not all that old by my standards,
and still with the cellophane wrappers round each reel), but as the
colours were lovely I bought 10 to make lace with.
There are 2 different labels (I'm not sure whether there is any
difference in the thread between the two):
"Coats Satinised machine twist 40" and "Coats Satinised mercerised
cotton 40"
Does anyone recognise those names or have any of them in their workbox?
Coats threads were ubiquitous in my childhood, but I don't recognise the
label style and ordinary hand/machine sewing thread was usually Coats Sylko
In the absence of other info I will start by assuming they will be very
similar to "J & P Coats Cotton 40", which is listed as 31 wraps/cm in
Threads for Lace, and make a sample on a pricking suitable for that.
Beth
In Cheshire, half-hoping the snow will arrive earlier and more heavily
than expected - if the trains don't run tomorrow morning I can't get to
work so could stay home & make lace
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