of thread.
My question to you: Have you used rayon thread for
lace, and if so, how did it work for you?
Alice in Oregon -- nasty weather, cold, wet, windy.
Staying in and warm today. Supposed to start using
fingers in a light, limited way.
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Oops -- Not years per spool but yards per spoolsorry
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From: C Johnson
Hi Alice and all,
Glad to hear your fingers are coming along Alice. Good luck and don't
overdo...
I have had particularly good success with Scansilk, made in India. [Bulk #30
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My question to you: Have you used rayon thread for
lace, and if so, how did it work for you?
Alice in Oregon -- nasty weather, cold, wet, windy.
Staying in and warm today. Supposed to start using
fingers in a light, limited way.
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Hi Alice and all,
Glad to hear your fingers
thread for
lace, and if so, how did it work for you?
Alice in Oregon -- nasty weather, cold, wet, windy.
Staying in and warm today. Supposed to start using
fingers in a light, limited way.
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On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 09:08:43 -0800 (PST), Alice wrote:
My question to you: Have you used rayon thread for
lace, and if so, how did it work for you?
There are some pieces of lace using rayon on my website:
http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/bobbinlace/sari.htm
These were not the easiest of pieces
, but probably not.
Beth McCasland
in warm sunny south Louisiana
[Original Message]
From: Alice Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lace@arachne.com
Date: 12/2/2007 11:08:43 AM
Subject: [lace] Rayon Thread for lace
In a previous message, I said:
Most of these threads were rayon so they don't
work well
I've tried rayon for embroidery - EVIL thread! Wound up chucking the
project. Rayon is a silk substitute, very slippery. I suppose if
you've
used silk thread, maybe rayon would work in BL, but it won't have much
body.
Frankly if it was me, maybe I'd try a small sample piece, but probably
Somewhere in my collection of lace bits I have two short lengths of
rayon (art silk) lace; same pattern (Beds Maltese IIRC) but one had
been washed the other not and the difference is quite noticable. Too
late tonight, but if I can find them I'll scan them for everyone to
see.
Brenda
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