I have done some playing around with the Aurifil 80, and I would say it is about equivalent to either Brok 120/2 or Egyptian 120/2. I did an 'inexpert' wrap and I cam up with about 59 wraps per cm. i have used it for one of the mats from Roz Snowden's Miniature Bobbin lace book that called for Madeira Tanne 80 which is no longer made, and it worked just fine, even though Brenda's book tells me that one is 50 wraps. I think with these really fine threads it is virtually impossible to get a very accurate wrap. I'd say it likely is very equivalent to any of the machine embroidery 80 threads that are no longer available. and yes, it does come in colours, though not the full range that Aurifil has in their other weights.
*Marianne* Marianne Gallant Vernon, BC Canada [email protected] http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca, https://www.facebook.com/GallantCreation/ On 2017-10-06 5:05 PM, Anna Binnie wrote: > Sorry if I'm a bit of a bore, I remember there was a discussion on > this thread, could someone please tell me its equivalents or its wpi, > please. > > I have just used the 40 and 50 for machine quilting and used the 28 > for lace and thought the 80 would be great for finer laces. > - 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/
