Sue, What kind of texture do you want the finished item to have? Soft and a little fuzzy perhaps, or with crisp distinct stitches? I ask because if you want the latter, you might be happier with a harder yarn such as one used for weaving. Search on something like "cotton yarn weaving UK". For example, my search turned up a place in the UK that sells weaving cottons (e.g. http://airedaleyarns.co.uk/index.php/yarns-fibres-for/weaving/double-top-dk-cotton-skeins.html), in several different sizes, at least two of which have various colors and sound heavy enough for your purposes.
If you find two or three weaving yarn websites that look promising, I'll bet they all would send you six inches of each of the sizes they carry so you could evaluate coverage of your plastic canvas. In general, I'll bet they would be happy to answer questions about the tightness of the twist, number of plies, etc. of the different yarns. Just some thoughts, HTH. Nancy Connecticut, USA On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 4:36 PM, <jvik...@sover.net> wrote: > Hi, In the US we have lots of sources for cotton yarn in all different > weights - sport, DK, sock, etc. and an incredible range of colors. > Knitpicks is one source. I'd suggest searching for Cotton Yarn and the > weight you want. Or maybe Cotton Thread and the weight. > > I make lots of cotton scarves and have been doing some freeform crochet in > cotton in a myriad of colors! > > Jane in Vermont USA with lots of green leaves! > jvik...@sover.net > > > Hi Arachnids > > My bobbin lace items for now are up to date for now and once we are back > from > > our golden wedding anniversary celebrations and holiday and then I have > a > > couple of items I want to make with the plastic canvas but cant use wool > or > > similar fibres and it makes me cough and choke too much. Can anyone in > the UK > > tell me of a thick cotton fibre which could be used instead please for 7 > or 10 > > holes per inch canvas that will come in reasonable colours for christmas > pieces red, blue, white etc. I have no idea what I might even search > for. > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
