Dear Steph,
I too have some old Sylko 40 (Dewhurst's Three Shells Machine Twist
mercised cotton) which is on wooden 100 yd (91m) spools probably from
the 70's it was part of grandmother-in-law's horde (school books to
sugar, haberdashery....) Brenda measured it at 28 w/cm. I used it
once to do a beds collar from Pamela Nottingham's Technique of
Bobbin lace. It was slightly too thick for that pricking but the
thread is quite soft and it gave reasonably flat if dense trails. I
liked the thickness of the sylko 40 for the ninepin edge. I'd tried
to do the same pattern with an odd spool of Campbells linen which
was supposed to be the recommended size, probably 90 or 100, but that
was a bad spool and after 2 dozen snapped threads in the first head I
gave up and burnt the spool. The linen sample worked up less dense
and crisper. I can send you a small scan of the comparison if it would help.
I've noticed that Sylko launders softer and loses a bit of
definition compared to Tanne or Finca Cotton.
regards
Louise
in crisp, sunny Cambridge, where the weasel is making her regular run
outside my office windows again!
At 02:15 05/11/2007, you wrote:
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Steph Peters
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Subject: [!! SPAM] [lace] Thread comparison
In a sale I picked up some thread which hasn't been manufactured for a long
time, Sylko size 40 Mercerised cotton. It was originally made for sewing
and comes on 100 yard plastic spools. The colours I got were deep blue,
purple and cerise. I'm going to use them for lace to applique on a light
blue T shirt.
This thread is too old to be in the thread comparison book I own. Has anyone
ever used it, and could give me some opinion as to how it compared with the
recommended thread for a pricking. Size isn't crucial for my use, I like
very open lace to use for applique, but a starting point to experiment with
would be handy.
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