Yes, the website says itâs 0.16mm diameter - but is that lying flat, stretched out on the reel or worked up in lace/embroidery? It doesnât say 100/2 so I guess thatâs printed on the spool label, and itâs not been stated anywhere whether they are using cotton count or metric number or some other system of measurement.
Silk is a very accommodating thread and will spread out or spread out quite a lot, especially of itâs not very firmly twisted. Thatâs where w/cm is such a useful measurement, Iâm making a wrapping thread does get flattened a bit, but that also happens when it is made into lace. If you would like me to make a wrapping, to my tension, I am always happy to receive samples and the results will go int Addendum6 on my website. For ordinary torchon type thicknesses about a yard or a metre is sufficient it does;t need to be measured properly For finer threads - and I suspect that the Kimono silk will be finer - a bit more is appreciated; more wraps/cm needs a longer length. My postal address is Brenda Paternoster 46 St Davids Road Allhallows Rochester Kent ME3 9PW England UK Brenda > The thread's website > says it is 0.16 mm in diameter... Maybe we can > work out how many wraps we can get using that value. > Thinking of all other lacemakers, I'd rather send > Brenda a sample so she can work her magic for the > next version of her book, and also send her > samples of a famous Spanish cotton thread, "Hilo > Japoné" (which almost everyone calls "The > Japanese Lady" thread) in sizes 70 and 80, so we > can get the equivalence and wraps/cm of those as well. > Brenda, please let us know how to send you > samples and what information to include! 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/
