Re: [lace] Gutermann thread enquiry

2016-01-13 Thread Jocelyn Froese
Greetings, I have a question about silk threads and washability? A lace teacher mentioned silk doesn't do well if it gets wet, and once ruined finished lace and many hours of work. That may gave changed with new threads? Jocelyn in Winnipeg Canada Sent from my iPhone - To unsubscribe send

[lace] Gutermann thread enquiry

2016-01-13 Thread Karen ZM
Thanks for your informative replies Brenda and Jane. It seems that the Bart & Francis silk may be too fine, but the Piper's 80/3 seems it could be a good alternative. The 100/3 may be a little too thin, but I have ordered a cop of each to try out again. I say 'again' as I had already tried a few

Re: [lace] Gutermann thread enquiry - washing

2016-01-13 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 1/13/2016 10:37:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, jocelyn.froe...@gmail.com writes: I have a question about silk threads and washability? A lace teacher mentioned silk doesn't do well if it gets wet, and once ruined finished lace and many hours of work. That may have

[lace] Guterman silk

2016-01-13 Thread Helen Bell
Don't know about that specific Guterman silk. I've got some reels of a heavy silk for gimp, that I'm using, but you'd need an awful lot of those little reels, unless you used it for gimp. I know Coats have a white silk that's on little reels that's made in Hungary. Haven't used it, but it looks