Addendum 2

Addendum to Threads for Lace Edition 2

List completed 8th May 2000

Linen, and other bast Threads
Thread	Size	Spin	Wraps/cm
Barbour linen	35	3Z	17
	40	3Z	19
Belgian linen	1000	1S	90
Bockens Lingarn (Swedish)	16/2	2S	12
Bouc	20/2	2S	13
	40/2	2S	20
	70/2	2S	26
	90/2	2S	32
	110/2	2S	37
	140/2	2S	46
Empress Mills linen		3S	10
Frderik J Fawcett, Square Sale (Scottish)	10/2	2S	9
Habu Textiles, bamboo (100% bamboo)	1/6	1Z	16
	20/1	1Z	30
	20/3	3S	16
	20/6	6S	10
	20/12	12S	7
Habu Textiles, fine linen	80/1	1Z	40
Habu Textiles, handspun nettle	medium	1Z	14
Habu Textiles, handspun hemp	medium	1Z	14
	heavy	1Z	8
Habu Textiles, hemp	3/16	3S	16
Habu Textiles, hemp silk (60% hemp, 40% silk)	1/40	1Z	45
	2/24	2S	15
Habu textiles, hand tied abaca (100% abaca)		1	28
Habu Textiles, hand tied ramie chu-ito	medium	1S	13
	heavy	2Z	10
Habu Textiles, kakishibu ramie	40/2	2S	18
Habu Textiles, knitted ramie tape (100% ramie)	fingering	braid	5
	lace	braid	7
Habu Textiles, linen	20/2	2S	11
Habu Textiles, paper (100% linen) extra fine single	1/36	1Z	30
Habu Textiles, paper (100% linen) 2 ply	2/22	2S	20
Habu Textiles, paper wrapped with raw silk (100% linen)		1+2S	10
Habu Textiles, pineapple ramie (60% pineapple, 40% ramie)		2Z	25
	40/4	4S	14
Habu Textiles, pine paper (100% pine)		1	14
Habu Textiles, silky ramie (100%) ramie)		2S	30

Habu Textiles, tassar ramie (70% ramie, 30% silk)	2/24	2S	15
Habu Textiles, viscose sizing ramie (100% ramie)		1	35
House of Hemp, Hemp	2ply	2S	10
Knoxs' Dragon 3 Cord	350	3S	52
Au Petit Moulin	1000	2S	44
R&C Rogez à Lille, Lin Extra	40	3S	16
Texere Galway Linen		2Z	26

Cotton Threads
Thread	Size	Spin	Wraps/cm
A.C.E. Hearthside	50	3Z	26
Alba Threads Ltd, Montreal, Superior	50	3Z	32
Algodon Para Brodar special machine cotton (Spanish)		2Z	34
Altin Basak Klasik	No 70	3Z	25
Altin Basak Gold 6 kat Dantel ipligi		2S/3Z	24
American Thread Co, Dragon black finish 3-cord cotton	30	3Z	31
American Thread Co, Star Pearl Twist	8	2S	14
American Thread Co, Star 6 cord	60	2S/3Z	33
	tatting	2S/3Z	27
American Thread Co, Star merc cotton	8	4Z	19
American Thread Co, Silkateen merc cotton		2Z	15
American Thread Co, Trojan merc cotton		3Z	12
American Thread Co, Star Silkine crochet cotton	50	2S/3Z	14
Anchor Mercer Crochet Fil à Dentelles	80	2S/3Z	30
Anchor Cordonnet Special	40	2S/3Z	22
Bouc Gassed Cotton thread for lace	100	2S	52
	150	2S	30
British Lion		3Z	31
Brok	180	2S	82
Cartier Bresson, À la Croix	200	2Z	40
Cartier Bresson, À la Croix	3	4S	17
Chadwicks Superior Heavy Stitching	60	2S/3Z	21
Coats & Clarks Speed Cro-Sheen		2S/4Z	8
Chain Enterprises Co Ltd, Winnipeg, Bratislava for machine sewing	50	3Z	31
Clark & Co Button Thread Extra Strong		3S/3Z	21
Clark & Co Coton a Broder	No18	4S	15
Clarks o.n.t. 6 cord merc cotton		2S/3Z	24
Clarks o.n.t. Mercer Cordonnet	20	2S/3Z	17
	30	2S/3Z	20
Clarks (Big Ball) 3 cord merc cotton	50	3Z	26
Clarks Warrented Lustre Crochet Cotton		2Z	15
John J Clark's Machine Thread, three cord		3Z	34
Coats Aida	10	2S/3Z	15
Coats & Clark cotton Hand Quilting Glacé		3Z	26
Coats Trident 3/ mercerised	no 60	3Z	37
Cipke Mojka Sukanac za Klekljanje Idrija (Coats)	No25	3S	23
. . . (Yugosavian/Slovenian)	No30	3S	24
	No40	3S	28
J&P Coats best six-cord	No60	2Z/3S	39
	No16	2Z/3S	22
J&P Coats Chain	40	4Z	28
J&P Coats Chain 6-cord	50	2S/3Z	36
J&P Coats Chain Machine Twist, Canadian Spool Cotton Co	50	3Z	34
J&P Coats Best six-cord (big ball)	No30	2S/3Z	21
J&P Coats Supersheen	50	3Z	31
J&P Coats Tatting-Crochet 3 cord		3Z	27
J&P Coats merc cotton 6 cord	No60	2S/3Z	25
	No70	2S/3Z	26
J&PCoats Imperial Silk Finish four cord	16	4Z	17
Corticelli Merc Cordonnet	40	2S/3	22
	50	2S/3Z	25
Coron cotton crochet yarn (Japanese)	120	2S/3Z	37
	100	2S/3Z	41
Dewhurst's Sylko	40	3Z	28
DMC, Craft Thread		2S	10
The Dyepot, Perlé	8	2S	14
Eagle merserize dikid ipligi, dtex 230x2	40	2Z	27
Egyptian Cotton	40/3	3Z	28
Empress Mills, Soft Finish cotton		1Z	14
Empress Mills, cotton	50s	3Z	27
Empress Mills, perle	8	2Z	15
Empress Mills, crochet	12s	2Z	14
Empress Mills, crochet	20s	2Z	16
Flying Wheel Superior cotton thread (Chinese)	50	3S	33
Gunold Cotty	30	2Z	30
Gütermann Basting		2S	25
Gütermann Jeans		3Z	29
Gütermann 100% cotton	No 50	3Z	40
Habu Textiles, kakishibu cotton viscose (100% cotton)	1/8.5	2S/4Z	9
Habu Textiles, cotton linen cord	1/2.1	2S/5S	6
Habu Textiles, cotton moire	1/3.3	1	6
Habu Textiles, viscose sizing cotton		2S/3flat	10
Habu Textiles, handspun cotton	single	1S	15
	400dr	1Z	22
Habu Textiles, hemp ramie cotton (70% cotton, 21% hemp, 9% ramie)	1/12	1S	15
William Hall mercerised gassed Egyptian	120/2	2S	56
	80/2	2S	43
Wm Hall & Co (Monsall) Ltd	2/80s	2S	48
House of Embroidery cotton Perlé	8	2S	13
House of Embroidery stranded cotton		2S/6Z	9
IKEA 100% cotton (Turkish)		2Z	28
Magnet Cotton Mending	No20	5S	14
Majesty merc crochet (City Products Corp, USA)	30	3Z	18
Manove's Unity Glove	120	3S	44
Mayflower 100% mercerised cotton (Danish)		2S/3Z	28
Mettler Silk finish Art no 105 (unknown origin)	50/3	3Z	30
. . . (Switzerland) coloured	50/3	3Z	32
. . . (Germany) coloured	50/3	2Z	30
. . . (Spain) coloured	50	2Z	30
. . . (Spain) white	50	2Z	32
Mönlycke art 200 Stopp & Broderi tråd (Swedish)		2Z	27
National Thread / Le Fil National, National three cord	80	3Z	33
Oren Bayen	50	3Z	18
Presencia Fincrochet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tex 19/3	No 50	3Z	25
Rainbow Gallery, Overture		2S/4Z	5
...single strand		2S	10
Rainbow Gallery, Bravo!		2S/4Z	9
...single strand		2S	20
Rainbow Gallery, Pebble Perle		2S/4Z	10
JT Raworth, Leicester Cotton crochet	12	2S/3Z	16
Red heart Stranded cotton		2S/6Z	10
....single strand		2S	27
Robin & Russ Bleached Cotton	110/2	2S	48
Robison-Anton 100% cotton	50wt	3Z	30
Squirrel Perle 60 Tex x2	Nm17/2, Ne 10/2	2S	14
Star, six cord	60	2S/3Z	33
Star, six cord merc tatting cotton		2S/3Z	28
WG & J Strutt's Macramé thread		4Z/3S	10
Sulky Premium All purpose Mercerized cotton	12 wt	2Z	21
	30 wt	2Z	27
Superior Threads, Perfect Quilter 30wt	Tex 59	3Z	23
Superior Threads, Perfect Quilter 17wt	Tex 59	3Z	23
Texere Garden Flowers		1S	14
Texere Yarns Haworth chenille		2S+	9
Texere Sartel Sam		2S	21
Texere Yarns Venice		3S/2Z	7
Tekstil za Turizem, Sukanec za Klekljanje Idrija (Slovenian)	60	3Z	25
Thistle	no 100	3S	40
Twilley's Stalite	No3	2S	8
Valdani 100% merc cotton (Romanian)	20 wt	2S/3Z	15
	40 wt	2S/3Z	22
Valdani Pearl Cotton (Romanian)	8	2S	12
	10	2S	16
	12	2S	18
Valdani All Purpose Merc Cotton (Romanian)	35 wt	2Z	28
	50 wt	3Z	30
Varigations, Stranded cotton		2S/6S	10
...single strand		2S	24
Venus Perle	8	2S	15
	12	2S	19

Silk Threads
Thread	Size	Spin	Wraps/cm
Alderman (spun)	100/3	3Z	27
Au ver a Soie, D'Alger (spun)		2S/8S	8
...single strand		2S	22
Beaver Machine silk BD & Co (spun)		3Z	40
Belding Corticelli buttonhole twist	sizeD	2S	20
Blue Goat Rich machine silk	12	2Z	18
Bodile & Leif	No 13	1	31
Gumnut Yarns Aztecs (Australian)		2S/6S	6
...single strand		2S	26
Gumnut Yarns Stars (Australian)		2S/4S	8
...single strand		2S	26
Gütermann R753	No 40	3Z	21
Habu Textiles, Akagi hand-reeled raw silk single (karami)	250dr	1S	38
	400dr	1S	16
	600dr	1S	15
	1000dr	1S	14
Habu Textiles, Akagi hand-reeled raw silk 2 ply	400dr	2Z	28
	750dr	2Z	22
Habu Textiles, Akagi hand-reeled silk single (karami) degummed	250dr	2Z	25
Habu Textiles, Akagi hand-reeled silk 2 ply degummed	200dr	2Z	35
	250dr	2Z	28
Habu Textiles, daijoshi wild silk	1/13	1Z	13
Habu Textiles, Indian silk	1/6	4	10
Habu Textiles, kakishibu tokkenshi	1/10	1Z	12
Habu Textiles, kenbo chushi	1/10	1Z	13
Habu Textiles, knitted silk		knit	12
Habu Textiles, kusaki-zome	2/10	2S	7
Habu Textiles, konnyaku (vegetable root) sizing silk		1	9
Habu Textiles, konnyaku (vegetable root) sizing Vietnamese dupione silk		1S	22
Habu Textiles, nat. gold raw silk	27/3x2	3Z/2S	50
Habu Textiles, naturally gold silk crepe (overtwist)	27/2x3	3Z/2Z	38
Habu Textiles, raw silk organzine twist	21d/3x2	3Z/2S	45
Habu Textiles, silk organzine twist	21d/10x2	7Z/2S	32
Habu Textiles, silk organzine twist degummed	21d/3x2	2S	48
	21d/10x2	2S	40
Habu Textiles, silk organzine 'soft' twist degummed	21d/20x2	2Z	13
Habu Textiles, silk crepe (overtwist)		1S or 1Z	52
Habu Textiles, silk crepe (overtwist)		2S/2S	30
Habu Textiles, silk Gima	1/3.4	1Z/4Z	4
Habu Textiles silk linen (80% silk 20% linen)	2/100	2Z	32
	2x6/100	2Z/6S	14
	2x12/100	2Z/12S	8
Habu Textiles, silk moire		1+	7
Habu Textiles, silk tram degummed	21/24	1S	14
	21/42	1S	12
	21/66	1S	9
	21/132	1S	7
Habu Textiles, tassar raw silk organzine	35/2	2S	60
Habu Textiles, tassar silk	2/68	2S	20
	1/12	2S	14
	1/4.5	3Z+1	7
Habu Textiles, tassar silk kabe twist		2+1S	8
Habu Textiles, tassar silk organzine twist	35/4x2	2S	30
	35/6x2	2S	18
	35/12x2	2S	13
Habu Textiles, tassar silk organzine degummed	35/2x2	2S	30
	35/4x2	2S	23
	35/6x2	2S	18
	35/12x2	2S	12
Habu Textiles, tokken single	1/10	1Z	10
Habu Textiles, tokken 2ply	2/10	2S	8
Habu Textiles, tsumugi silk	2/17	2S	10
Habu Textiles, tsumugi silk combination	1/0.9	2S/9Z+1	4
	1/2.5	2S/3Z+1	6
Habu Textiles, yellow cocoon handspun silk	500dr	1Z	15
Habu Textiles, viscose sizing Indian silk		2	11
House of Embroidery, Raw silk		2S	28
House of Embroidery, Fine silk		2S	24
Pearsall's New Maltese Silk		2S	44
Perfection Twist Pure Silk		3Z	15
Perivale Perfection	100/3	3Z	31
Rainbow Gallery, Splendour (spun silk)		3S/4Z/2S	6
...single strand		4Z/2S	12
Rainbow Gallery, Elegance		3Z	15
The Signet machine silk (reeled)		3Z	38
Soie Gobelines		2Z	28
Walsh Barrere (USA)		3Z	28
The Winner Extra Super Legee Twist		3Z	24
The Winner Ex Stout Button Hole Twist		3Z	21
Zwicky Soie pour machines à coudre	30/3	3Z	17
	35/3	3Z	18
	60/3	3Z	25
	70/3	3Z	28
	80/3	3Z	29

Synthetic & Man Made Threads
Thread	Size	Spin	Wraps/cm
A F L (European Standards Approved)	50	2Z	20
Anchor Alcazar 100% viscose	30	2Z	27
	35	2Z	29
	40	2Z	34
C-Lon Beading Thread		1Z	20
Coats & Clark Nylon Upholstery		3Z	20
J&P Coats (Canada) Drima spun polyester		3Z	33
Deputy Rayon Twist		3Z	18
DMC Fantasy Velvet, 100% polyamide		1	9
DMC Fantasy Raphia, 100% viscose		flat mono	8
English Sewing, Delta Bulked Polyester		2S	23
Flosso, Brillliant Rayon		3S	7
Gunold Luny, 70% acrylic 30% wool		2Z	16
Handweavers Studio Neon		1S	24
House of Embroidery Rayon		2Z	11
House of Embroidery, Fine Rayon		2Z	30
Iris 100% rayon (Mexican)		2Z	32
Korbond cotton covered polyester (1 ply cotton & 1 ply polyester)		2Z	36
Mettler Metrosene plus 100% polyester	No100	2Z	33
Moon spun polyester		2Z	31
Gütermann Heavy polyester (M782)		2Z	20
Rainbow Gallery, Patina		3Z	10
Rainbow Gallery, Neon Rays		flat braid	8
Restore Products Ultrafyne		1Z	48
Superior Threads,Highlights, polyester		2Z	30
Superior Threads, Rainbows, polyester (tighter twist)	40wt	2Z	30
Texere Yarns Viscose Ribbon	Heavy	knit	7
Texere Yarns Floribunda (viscose)		2S	11
Texere Yarns acrylic chenille		2S+	9

Glitter Threads
Thread	Size	Spin	Wraps/cm
Anchor Alcazar metallic		wrap	36
Anchor Arista Fine	fine	chain	12
Coupil freres tinsel		wrap/2Z	18
Fancy Thread, GH014		Braid	9
Habu Textiles, silk stainless (61% silk, 31% stainless steel)	1/20	2(+1)S	28
Habu Textiles, hakuri		3S	22
Habu Textiles, hon urushi		wrap	38
Habu Textiles, irohaku		1 flat	30
Habu Textiles, kodai		1 flat	21
Habu Textiles, kokin		1Z	40
Habu Textiles, pastel light		2S	29
Habu Textiles, paster #1	1/2	wrap	40
Habu Textiles, raden		wrap	30
Habu Textiles, robaku		1 flat	30
Habu Textiles, sanbu		2S	35
Habu Textiles, soft urushi sunago		wrap	40
Hemline Metallic		wrap	41
Jomil Starmist 20%polyester 80% viscose		chain	9
Presencia Metallic		wrap/2S	25
Presencia Metallic	fine	wap	43
KGS Metallic Supply Ltd, Yenmet (Japanese)		wrap	35
Rainbow Gallery, Treasure Chest		chain	10
Rainbow Gallery, Coronet Braid		braid	12
Rainbow Gallery, Tiara		8S	11
Rainbow Gallery, Nordic Gold		chain	12
Superior Metallic (Japanese)		2Z	30
Superior Threads, Glitter		flat mono	33
Texere Yarns Holographic supported glitter		flat double	27
Texere Yarns Fine Glitter		1 crinkle	36
Texere Yarns Jubilee		wrap	28

This is the complete list, all of these threads have been included in Edition 3 and later editions.

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