I've not come across that particular silk, but the S303 is more use for needlelace as it isn't particularly fine. It's a pity Texere have gone out of business last year as some of their silks (on cones) were nice to use. Pipers will (or at least, used to) work with you to get the colour and thickness, and amount of twist, you want (when I was doing my C&G Sue Peck, the owner, was able to produce exactly what I needed, despite it only being two small reels, though admittedly that was 20 years ago!) as they reel to order. Currently I'm using a pale blue silk (called River, which I think is the colour name) 150 den / 70/2 NeC (500m cone) from Bart & Francis in Belgium to do some Bucks. It has a lovely sheen and also worked up well for the garter I made for my cousin's daughter last year. I don't think it was massively expensive, either.
Jane [email protected] > From: [email protected] > > Does anybody know anything about Gutermann R402 silk please, and whether it > would be suitable for bobbin lace? - 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/
