Re: [lace] wool replacement

[Sue]

Oh lovely, such a bunch of great answers so thank you all (I will get round 
to reading them more fully and answering comments and thanking you 
personally once my most important things are done for today.  It is a very 
busy week this week, getting ready to travel.  I am trying to think if I 
have got time to receive some in the post before we leave at the weekend, so 
I can pack it and use while away, in the quiet times in the evenings while 
we are on holiday.
Suffering, as I do, from brain fog there are times when I just cant get the 
initial thought going, but once fired up as now it is magical and I found 
some good choices in DK.  Not so sure that I like the softer colours in the 
heavier weights.  Beautiful and peaceful for blankets etc, but not so great 
when wanting to make colourful, joyful christmas pieces.

Sue T


Hi Arachnids
My bobbin lace items for now are up to date for now and once we are back 
from

our golden wedding anniversary celebrations and holiday and then I have a
couple of items I want to make with the plastic canvas but cant use wool or
similar fibres and it makes me cough and choke too much.  Can anyone in the 
UK
tell me of a thick cotton fibre which could be used instead please for 7 or 
10

holes per inch canvas that will come in reasonable colours for christmas
pieces red, blue, white etc.  I have no idea what I might even search for. 
We
are very short of knitting wool/fibre shops close to home that I could ask 
the
questions from so I hope someone amongst you will be able to advise me 
please.

I have lots of cotton crochet threads and bobbin lace threads that are just
fine but this is rather thick.  I did several a couple of years ago in aran
thickness so it needs to be able to fill the spaces in.

Working on some tatting just at present
Sue T
Dorset UK

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Re: [lace] wool replacement

[Brenda Paternoster]

Hi Sue

If looking at wool yarn I reckon that a general rule of thumb is:
I ply cobweb = 14-15 w/cm
2 ply lace = 9-10 w/cm
3 ply baby = 8 w/cm
4 ply/fingering = 7 w/cm
DK = 6 w/cm
Aran = 5 w/cm

I have measured DMC Natura as 2S/8S - 5 w/cm which would equate with Aran
weight knitting yarn, BUT
on looking at the DMC website, Ravelry and various sources I see that Natura
cotton comes in three different thicknesses, which certainly wasn’t made
clear to me when I received the original sample to measure.

DMC Natura Just Cotton = 4 ply weight.   2.5mm-3.5mm needles = 27 sts/34 rows
= 10cm x 10cm
DMC Natura Medium (and Natura Denim) = DK-Aran.  4.0mm-5.0mm needles, 18sts/24
rows = 10cm x 10cm
DMC Natura XL = Super Chunky.  6.0-7.0 needles, 12sts/17 rows = 10cm x 10cm

I can’t now be certain!!  but it’s likely that I measured DMC Natura
Medium.  Available in a range of colours, a few UK sources are:
https://www.loveknitting.com/dmc-natura-medium


https://www.woolwarehouse.co.uk/yarn/dmc-natura-medium-all-colours


https://www.woolstack.co.uk/dmc-natura-medium/


https://www.purplelindacrafts.co.uk/dmc-natura-medium-just-cotton-1184-c.asp


Brenda
>
> Can anyone in the UK
> tell me of a thick cotton fibre which could be used instead please for 7 or
10
> holes per inch canvas that will come in reasonable colours for christmas
> pieces red, blue, white etc.

Brenda in Allhallows

paternos...@appleshack.com
www.brendapaternoster.co.uk

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Re: [lace] wool replacement

[N.A. Neff]

SORRY! forgot to trim.

On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 5:06 PM, N.A. Neff  wrote:

> Sue,
>

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Re: [lace] wool replacement

[N.A. Neff]

Sue,

What kind of texture do you want the finished item to have? Soft and a
little fuzzy perhaps, or with crisp distinct stitches? I ask because if you
want the latter, you might be happier with a harder yarn such as one used
for weaving.  Search on something like "cotton yarn weaving UK". For
example, my search turned up a place in the UK that sells weaving cottons
(e.g.
http://airedaleyarns.co.uk/index.php/yarns-fibres-for/weaving/double-top-dk-cotton-skeins.html),
in several different sizes, at least two of which have various colors and
sound heavy enough for your purposes.

If you find two or three weaving yarn websites that look promising, I'll
bet they all would send you six inches of each of the sizes they carry so
you could evaluate coverage of your plastic canvas. In general, I'll bet
they would be happy to answer questions about the tightness of the twist,
number of plies, etc. of the different yarns.

Just some thoughts, HTH.

Nancy
Connecticut, USA


On Sun, Sep 2, 2018 at 4:36 PM,  wrote:

> Hi, In the US we have lots of sources for cotton yarn in all different
> weights - sport, DK, sock, etc. and an incredible range of colors.
> Knitpicks is one source.  I'd suggest searching for Cotton Yarn and the
> weight you want. Or maybe Cotton Thread and the weight.
>
> I make lots of cotton scarves and have been doing some freeform crochet in
> cotton in a myriad of colors!
>
> Jane in Vermont USA with lots of green leaves!
> jvik...@sover.net
>
> > Hi Arachnids
> > My bobbin lace items for now are up to date for now and once we are back
> from
> > our golden wedding anniversary celebrations and holiday and then I have
> a
> > couple of items I want to make with the plastic canvas but cant use wool
> or
> > similar fibres and it makes me cough and choke too much.  Can anyone in
> the UK
> > tell me of a thick cotton fibre which could be used instead please for 7
> or 10
> > holes per inch canvas that will come in reasonable colours for christmas
> pieces red, blue, white etc.  I have no idea what I might even search
> for.
>
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Re: [lace] wool replacement

[jviking]

Hi, In the US we have lots of sources for cotton yarn in all different
weights - sport, DK, sock, etc. and an incredible range of colors. 
Knitpicks is one source.  I'd suggest searching for Cotton Yarn and the
weight you want. Or maybe Cotton Thread and the weight.

I make lots of cotton scarves and have been doing some freeform crochet in
cotton in a myriad of colors!

Jane in Vermont USA with lots of green leaves!
jvik...@sover.net

> Hi Arachnids
> My bobbin lace items for now are up to date for now and once we are back
from
> our golden wedding anniversary celebrations and holiday and then I have
a
> couple of items I want to make with the plastic canvas but cant use wool or
> similar fibres and it makes me cough and choke too much.  Can anyone in
the UK
> tell me of a thick cotton fibre which could be used instead please for 7
or 10
> holes per inch canvas that will come in reasonable colours for christmas
pieces red, blue, white etc.  I have no idea what I might even search
for.

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[lace] wool replacement

[Sue]

Hi Arachnids
My bobbin lace items for now are up to date for now and once we are back from
our golden wedding anniversary celebrations and holiday and then I have a
couple of items I want to make with the plastic canvas but cant use wool or
similar fibres and it makes me cough and choke too much.  Can anyone in the UK
tell me of a thick cotton fibre which could be used instead please for 7 or 10
holes per inch canvas that will come in reasonable colours for christmas
pieces red, blue, white etc.  I have no idea what I might even search for.  We
are very short of knitting wool/fibre shops close to home that I could ask the
questions from so I hope someone amongst you will be able to advise me please.
I have lots of cotton crochet threads and bobbin lace threads that are just
fine but this is rather thick.  I did several a couple of years ago in aran
thickness so it needs to be able to fill the spaces in.

Working on some tatting just at present
Sue T
Dorset UK

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