Re: [lace] Re: weight to length "translation"/brenda

2005-11-10 Thread suzy
i agree with the other lady, i should buy the book. lol!! i'll never have another question again about thread with owning the book, and i'll know what i'm buying!! its best just to buy a card with samples on it, and they do offer one. so, i'm set on that idea!!! --- Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL P

Re: [lace] Re: weight to length "translation"/brenda

2005-11-10 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 10 Nov 2005, at 05:30, suzy wrote: what the equivalent size for a cotton size 60 would be, Cotton 60/2, cotton 60/3, cotton 60/4 or cotton 60/6? They are all different. if they had 60/6 that would be great because doesn't that mean a six ply to make the size 60 thread? but in cotton it w

Re: [lace] Re: weight to length "translation"/brenda

2005-11-09 Thread suzy
> > what the equivalent size for a cotton size 60 would be, > Cotton 60/2, cotton 60/3, cotton 60/4 or cotton 60/6? They are all > different. if they had 60/6 that would be great because doesn't that mean a six ply to make the size 60 thread? but in cotton it would be something like size 30 whi

Re: [lace] Re: weight to length "translation"

2005-11-08 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Suzy the formulas are excellent brenda, and i'm totally confused. i was a little mistaken by the size. they sell it in 66/3, but don't worry because i found another maker of 3 ply linen thread which gives the length of the thread. i'm going to write the company (email) and ask what the e

Re: [lace] Re: weight to length "translation"

2005-11-07 Thread suzy
i'm happy hopefully to still get the same thread then. goldschild sounded like some really nice thread, and so did londonderry. i'm also happy with the colors they offer, and i can contact this manufacturer and get a reply. i really like the yellows. --- Tamara P Duvall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: [lace] Re: weight to length "translation"

2005-11-07 Thread suzy
the formulas are excellent brenda, and i'm totally confused. i was a little mistaken by the size. they sell it in 66/3, but don't worry because i found another maker of 3 ply linen thread which gives the length of the thread. i'm going to write the company (email) and ask what the equivalent size

[lace] Re: weight to length "translation"

2005-11-07 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Nov 7, 2005, at 23:55, suzy wrote: i also found a new company that has a website unlike goldschild [...] i'm going to order [...] "londonderry linen thread" I'm not 100% certain but I think the two are the same thread, just labelled differently for two sides of the Atlantic. I do know that

Re: [lace] Re: weight to length "translation"

2005-11-07 Thread suzy
i've found that out now. i also found a new company that has a website unlike goldschild. i can't find anything on them at all. i'll just order a small amount to see what the thread looks like and what size it might be, but i'm going to order the amount i need for my next project from a company

Re: [lace] Re: weight to length "translation"

2005-11-07 Thread suzy
thanks for the info on the thread. that would not have been the right size. maybe i'll try the size 80 in linen and it will be a size 60 in cotton thread? i've given up. i'll just go shopping and find out!! lol. i'll write the "goldschild" website for the information and they probably will hav

Re: [lace] Re: weight to length "translation"

2005-11-06 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hello Suzy that sounds like an acurate round-about length guage thank you. i'm looking to buy size 60/3, so i'm willing to guess that is it somewhere near 1265 yards i really appreciate you guys' help! thanks again A 25 gram spool of Madeira Tanne cotton 50/2 (39 wraps per centim

Re: [lace] Re: weight to length "translation"

2005-11-05 Thread bevw
oops no, not 60/3 linen, not that many yards. sorry - that is a fairly thick thread, as others have pointed out - the linen size is different from cotton - I was thinking in terms of the 25 grams. Linen 60/3 is close in size (a tad thicker, actually) to DMC Cordonnet 30, or DMC Cebelia 30 - these s

Re: [lace] Re: weight to length "translation"

2005-11-05 Thread suzy
that sounds like an acurate round-about length guage thank you. i'm looking to buy size 60/3, so i'm willing to guess that is it somewhere near 1265 yards i really appreciate you guys' help! thanks again. > > A 25 gram spool of Madeira Tanne cotton 50/2 (39 wraps per centimeter, > ac

[lace] Re: weight to length "translation"

2005-11-05 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Nov 5, 2005, at 22:20, suzy wrote: i was hoping someone could give me a-round-about guess of how much 25 or 28 grams of thread would be in length measurments. It will vary, depending on the thickness of thread - the ticker the thread, the less of it will fit in the 25 grams. Lacis used to