Thank you Adele! I particularly appreciate your reference to linen clothing as there as some very fine linen clothes out there. Beautiful to wear & launder--& they last for years. Others are unsuitable for much of anything & they don't last long even on delicate cycle! So It seems that finely spun linen thread is currently available for high-quality dressmaking. I was just hoping that there might be a discernible difference among thread brands for our purposes. Slubs are less egregious in 40/2 thread where the lace is more robust, but from my perspective, they aren't welcome in 90/2 for finely textured lace. I won't name names, but the one I used is well known & not cheap stuff. Bummer. Thanks again for the wake up call. You can probably tell that I use more cotton & silk thread. ;-) Still growling, Susan Hottle USA
Sent from my iPad > On Oct 16, 2016, at 4:14 PM, Adele Shaak <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I must say that I love to use linen thread and I don’t notice the slubs in > the finished lace. Maybe I’m just so used to them, maybe it’s because > mangling makes the lace look different, maybe they just don’t bug me the way > they do you. I don’t know! You’re right in thinking that you will risk > breaking the thread by picking out the slub. The thread will also be less > twisted in the place where the slub used to be, and will be weaker in that > spot as a result. - 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/
