RE: [lace] "The Structure of Threads for Lace" (Review)

2011-03-25 Thread Barbara Ballantyne 
Just a small correction, Dear Spiders  

I surveyed various bobbin lace threads too, Brok, the KantKlosgaren
Egyptisch katoen and the Presencia Bollilos and found surprising variation
there as well as in the crochet cottons.  More than Brenda noted on arachne
a while back and then reported in a letter in the April 2010 issue of Lace
on the Coats Cometa threads.  

Barbara

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Brenda Paternoster
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Subject: Re: [lace] "The Structure of Threads for Lace" (Review)

Hi Jeri

I have a copy of this book, which Barbara sent to me towards the end of last
year (when it was first published) and it is a very in-depth study of a few
commonly used crochet (aka lace) threads.  The photos show the different
visual effect of using differently constructed thread for the same stitches,
though obviously no photo can really show the tactile differences.  There is
also a lot of useful information about the way thread comes off a spool.
It's a useful addition to the library of anyone interested in threads.

Brenda



>   For more information,  go to   _www.crochethistory.com_ 
> (http://www.crochethistory.com/)   Then,  select "Books", go to the last
one 
> and click on "More information".

Brenda in Allhallows
www.brendapaternoster.co.uk

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Re: [lace] "The Structure of Threads for Lace" (Review)

2011-03-25 Thread Brenda Paternoster 
Hi Jeri

I have a copy of this book, which Barbara sent to me towards the end of last 
year (when it was first published) and it is a very in-depth study of a few 
commonly used crochet (aka lace) threads.  The photos show the different visual 
effect of using differently constructed thread for the same stitches, though 
obviously no photo can really show the tactile differences.  There is also a 
lot of useful information about the way thread comes off a spool.  It's a 
useful addition to the library of anyone interested in threads.

Brenda

On 23 Mar 2011, at 15:48, jeria...@aol.com wrote:

> For the past few months, Barbara Ballantyne (Australia) and I have  been 
> corresponding about her recent findings in connection with thread  quality.  
> The importance of consistently-manufactured quality threads  cannot be 
> denied.  Nearly all of us assume we are getting what we always  paid for, but 
> that 
> may not be the case in some instances..
> 

>   For more information,  go to   _www.crochethistory.com_ 
> (http://www.crochethistory.com/)   Then,  select "Books", go to the last one 
> and click on "More information".

Brenda in Allhallows
www.brendapaternoster.co.uk

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