Dear All,
Those of you who are interested in textile crafts might be interested
in this article where the say:
Now, trying to figure this out in pounds is absurd, and this is where
the beauty of the metric system really shines. It means for 100 g. of
wool, the alum proportion is 10 g, and the tartaric acid is 5 g.
and
The last time I used natural dyes and mordants was ages ago. I used
pounds and ounces, cups and teaspoons. The metric system is far
easier than the English system!
You can see the article in context at http://inkyarnandbeer.wordpress.com/2010/04/25/natural-dyeing-mordanting
where all the measurements are in metric except for the temperatures
and the skein size – the writer must have had an old thermometer and
an old skeiner.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain
from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html
PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,
Geelong, Australia
Phone: 61 3 5241 2008
Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has
helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the
modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they
now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for
their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many
different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial
and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA.
Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST,
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