Hi, Everybody: I just got a skein of old linen thread that’s not like anything I’ve ever seen before, here in Canada, but I think maybe some of the Europeans on this list might be familiar with what I have and be able to help me.
It’s a single skein, not marked or labelled, and it is very fine - maybe equivalent to 180 gassed Egyptian cotton in size - and I think it is linen from the feel of it. It is about 15cm (6in) long right now, but it has been folded, and about 1.5cm in from each end it is secured with a circle of pink thread. One end is a single fold of the entire skein and the other is two folded ends held together. I think - but I haven’t opened it so I am not sure - that what it is, is a skein of thread about 60 cm around, that has been flatted and folded in half and secured at each end. The thread is so very fine, and has that slight wiriness I associate with linen, that I am worried that if I just start mucking about with it, in my ignorance I will tangle it beyond saving. I suppose that if I knew what I was doing, I would cut the pink ties, open up the skein … and then what? How would this be handled? Is there a method? I want to be able to wind it onto bobbins but I’m not sure how to do it. Any advice on what I should do now? Adele Vancouver, BC - 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/
