> > I am looking for recommendations for a filiment silk thread (not spun > silk, I'm hoping to compare the two!) that is approximately the same > size as Gutterman silk 100/3 (28 wraps / cm) The nearest has to be Piper’s Silk Gimp 80/3 = 3Z- 28 wraps/cm. > > I am struggling mightily with all the different terms around silk > threads (floss silk? Twisted seems promsing. Unboiled?) Floss silk means untwisted strands of silk fibre, and by definition has to be reeled or filament silk, not spun silk. Used for satin stitch embroidery.
Twisted silk means strands of silk that have been twisted together, but again reeled/filament silk rather than spun silk. Tram silk is untwisted plies that are twisted together. Organzine is very tightly twisted. Unboiled silk = raw silk. Boiled silk = degummed silk. Raw/unboiled silk is just as the filaments are when unwound from the cocoons and still coated with sericin (which is what holds the filaments together around the cocoon. Boiled/degummed silk has been immersed in very hot soapy water to dissolve away that sericin. Brenda in Allhallows [email protected] www.brendapaternoster.co.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/
