Re: [lace] Lacis thread

[Rita Bartholomew]

I would agree with Joepie as far as using a slightly thicker thread for the
embroidery than you used for the netting. For the netting, you can use
anything that will hold a knot. Experimenting with the threads and mesh
sticks is essential to find how you want the project to look. I also
wondered if you know how to net. Making the  square-mesh background is
different from embroidering the design. If you know how to net, you might
want to check http://www.filetlace.net/. If you don't know how to net, you
might want to check our my websites https://nettingnook.com/ with its
online video classes, or my book, The Lost Art of Netting: A How-To Book
with Pictures and Patterns for the Beginning Netter (Volume 1)
. If
you have questions about making square-mesh netting, ask me, since my
second book on making square-mesh netting is almost done - but not quite
ready for publishing.

Rita Bartholomew

For netting I tend to use DMC Cordonnet anything from 40 to 100 depending on
> the size of mesh-stick (the stick used for measuring the holes) used  . A
> little experimenting with different mesh-sticks will soon give you the
> result
> you want - just watch the balance between the thickness of the thread and
> the
> size of your mesh-. Use  a slightly thicker and softer thread to work the
> fillings ie DMC Mouline or one of the thinner knitting cottons (I like the
> soft cotton used for baby clothes) or bamboo yarn.
>
> Confusingly the holes in your netting AND the measuring sticks are both
> called
> meshes so I try to remember to call the measuring sticks the mesh-stick
> ;-).
>
> Happy lace making.
>
> Joepie, East Sussex UK.
>
>

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[lace] Lacis thread

[J-D Hammett]

Hi fellow Arachnids,

For netting I tend to use DMC Cordonnet anything from 40 to 100 depending on
the size of mesh-stick (the stick used for measuring the holes) used  . A
little experimenting with different mesh-sticks will soon give you the result
you want - just watch the balance between the thickness of the thread and the
size of your mesh-. Use  a slightly thicker and softer thread to work the
fillings ie DMC Mouline or one of the thinner knitting cottons (I like the
soft cotton used for baby clothes) or bamboo yarn.

Confusingly the holes in your netting AND the measuring sticks are both called
meshes so I try to remember to call the measuring sticks the mesh-stick ;-).

Happy lace making.

Joepie, East Sussex UK.

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