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Elizabeth Moncrief
I have an old cone of specialty yarn and would love to find more
50/2/5 pearl cotton
This is size 50 single - hence the 50
Plied - hence the 2
5 strands of this 2 ply
They are not twisted together but are simply wound together onto the cone
They look almost like a ribbon yarn until you see that its actually like 5 sewing threads wound onto the cone together
I could purchase a 50/2 pearl cotton if its out there somewhere and wind 5 ends together but would rather purchase a cone.
Please look thru your stash. I didnt even know that I had it in mine (purchased maybe 20 years ago) and who knows who had it before me. Thanks.
Liz Moncrief
Www.aweaversway.com
Instagram: moncriefliz
50/2/5 pearl cotton
This is size 50 single - hence the 50
Plied - hence the 2
5 strands of this 2 ply
They are not twisted together but are simply wound together onto the cone
They look almost like a ribbon yarn until you see that its actually like 5 sewing threads wound onto the cone together
I could purchase a 50/2 pearl cotton if its out there somewhere and wind 5 ends together but would rather purchase a cone.
Please look thru your stash. I didnt even know that I had it in mine (purchased maybe 20 years ago) and who knows who had it before me. Thanks.
Liz Moncrief
Www.aweaversway.com
Instagram: moncriefliz
Hi Liz,
I was given multiple cones of parallel-wound yarns. They are marked Yarnia - Portland’s only DIY yarn store. It is now online only. Go to customyarn.com or yarniapdx.com. There is a cute video showing such a cone being wound. You can design your own combinations or purchase from inventory.
Jan Silver
I was given multiple cones of parallel-wound yarns. They are marked Yarnia - Portland’s only DIY yarn store. It is now online only. Go to customyarn.com or yarniapdx.com. There is a cute video showing such a cone being wound. You can design your own combinations or purchase from inventory.
Jan Silver
Elizabeth Moncrief
Jan, great idea and its good to know that we have a yarn source fairly close (I’m just north of Seattle) but they dont have anything finer then a 10/2 cotton and no search engine to go straight to a fiber/yarn/size. I did try the chat just to make sure. These folks appear to be more in the medium weight weaving sizes - but its still a good source to have. THANKS!!
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Liz Moncrief
Www.aweaversway.com
Instagram: moncriefliz
On Mar 14, 2022, at 9:28 AM, Jan in Seattle <artmd@...> wrote:
Hi Liz,
I was given multiple cones of parallel-wound yarns. They are marked Yarnia - Portland’s only DIY yarn store. It is now online only. Go to customyarn.com or yarniapdx.com. There is a cute video showing such a cone being wound. You can design your own combinations or purchase from inventory.
Jan Silver
Colourmart.com in UK also ships free worldwide.
coeweaves.com
e-weave-online.thinkific.com
On Mar 14, 2022, at 10:27 AM, Maggie Clark <mageern@...> wrote:
Colormart in UK does that kind of winding too.
Elizabeth Moncrief
Many thanks to Maggie and Marg for the Colormart reference. I was hoping to get the 'many ends wound on a cone' but they didnt feel comfortable using the 2/80nm (could get loops or snags) so I just ordered small cones of 2/51nm and will wind several ends together myself.
Nice selection of many things, not a lot of any one thing - but I'm happy to have them as another resource.
So thanks again for the good suggestions, everyone. I knew that Weavetech could help.
Liz Moncrief, www.aweaversway.com
instagram: moncriefliz
On Mar 14, 2022, at 10:27 AM, Maggie Clark <mageern@...> wrote:Colormart in UK does that kind of winding too.