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Addendum to Threads for Lace Edition 2

List completed 8th May 2000
Linen, and other bast Threads
ThreadSizeSpinWraps/cm
Barbour linen353Z17
403Z19
Belgian linen10001S90
Bockens Lingarn (Swedish) 16/2 2S 12
Bouc20/22S13
40/22S20
70/22S26
90/22S32
110/22S37
140/22S46
Empress Mills linen 3S 10
Frderik J Fawcett, Square Sale (Scottish)10/22S9
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-itomedium1S 13
heavy 2Z 10
Habu Textiles, kakishibu ramie 40/2 2S 18
Habu Textiles, knitted ramie tape (100% ramie)fingering braid5
lace braid7
Habu Textiles, linen 20/2 2S 11
Habu Textiles, paper (100% linen) extra fine single1/36 1Z 30
Habu Textiles, paper (100% linen) 2 ply2/22 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)2/242S15
Habu Textiles, viscose sizing ramie (100% ramie) 135
House of Hemp, Hemp 2ply 2S 10
Knoxs' Dragon 3 Cord3503S52
Au Petit Moulin 10002S44
R&C Rogez à Lille, Lin Extra403S16
Texere Galway Linen2Z26


Cotton Threads
ThreadSizeSpinWraps/cm
A.C.E. Hearthside503Z26
Alba Threads Ltd, Montreal, Superior 50 3Z 32
Algodon Para Brodar special machine cotton (Spanish)2Z34
Altin Basak Klasik No 70 3Z 25
Altin Basak Gold 6 kat Dantel ipligi2S/3Z 24
American Thread Co, Dragon black finish 3-cord cotton303Z31
American Thread Co, Star Pearl Twist82S14
American Thread Co, Star 6 cord 602S/3Z33
tatting 2S/3Z27
American Thread Co, Star merc cotton84Z19
American Thread Co, Silkateen merc cotton2Z15
American Thread Co, Trojan merc cotton3Z12
American Thread Co, Star Silkine crochet cotton502S/3Z14
Anchor Mercer Crochet Fil à Dentelles 802S/3Z30
Anchor Cordonnet Special402S/3Z22
Bouc Gassed Cotton thread for lace1002S52
1502S30
British Lion3Z31
Brok1802S82
Cartier Bresson, À la Croix2002Z40
Cartier Bresson, À la Croix34S17
Chadwicks Superior Heavy Stitching602S/3Z21
Coats & Clarks Speed Cro-Sheen2S/4Z8
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 4S15
Clarks o.n.t. 6 cord merc cotton2S/3Z24
Clarks o.n.t. Mercer Cordonnet202S/3Z17
302S/3Z20
Clarks (Big Ball) 3 cord merc cotton 50 3Z26
Clarks Warrented Lustre Crochet Cotton2Z15
John J Clark's Machine Thread, three cord   3Z 34
Coats Aida102S/3Z15
Coats & Clark cotton Hand Quilting Glacé3Z26
Coats Trident 3/ mercerisedno 603Z37
Cipke Mojka Sukanac za Klekljanje Idrija (Coats)No253S23
. . . (Yugosavian/Slovenian)No303S24
No403S28
J&P Coats best six-cordNo602Z/3S39
No162Z/3S22
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)No302S/3Z21
J&P Coats Supersheen 50 3Z 31
J&P Coats Tatting-Crochet 3 cord3Z27
J&P Coats merc cotton 6 cordNo602S/3Z25
No702S/3Z26
J&PCoats Imperial Silk Finish four cord 16 4Z 17
Corticelli Merc Cordonnet402S/322
502S/3Z25
Coron cotton crochet yarn (Japanese)1202S/3Z37
1002S/3Z41
Dewhurst's Sylko 40 3Z 28
DMC, Craft Thread2S10
The Dyepot, Perlé 82S14
Eagle merserize dikid ipligi, dtex 230x2402Z27
Egyptian Cotton 40/33Z28
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 2S25
Gütermann Jeans 3Z29
Gütermann 100% cottonNo 503Z40
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) 2Z28
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/3Z28
Mettler Silk finish Art no 105 (unknown origin) 50/3 3Z30
. . . (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)2Z27
National Thread / Le Fil National, National three cord 80 3Z 33
Oren Bayen503Z18
Presencia Fincrochet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tex 19/3 No 503Z25
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 Cotton110/22S48
Robison-Anton 100% cotton50wt3Z30
Squirrel Perle 60 Tex x2 Nm17/2, Ne 10/2 2S 14
Star, six cord602S/3Z33
Star, six cord merc tatting cotton2S/3Z28

WG & J Strutt's Macramé thread

  4Z/3S 10
Sulky Premium All purpose Mercerized cotton 12 wt 2Z 21
30 wt 2Z27
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)603Z25
Thistle no 1003S40
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
ThreadSizeSpinWraps/cm
Alderman (spun) 100/3 3Z 27
Au ver a Soie, D'Alger (spun)2S/8S8
...single strand2S22
Beaver Machine silk BD & Co (spun) 3Z 40
Belding Corticelli buttonhole twistsizeD2S20
Blue Goat Rich machine silk 12 2Z 18
Bodile & LeifNo 13131
Gumnut Yarns Aztecs (Australian) 2S/6S 6
...single strand 2S 26
Gumnut Yarns Stars (Australian) 2S/4S 8
...single strand 2S 26
Gütermann R753No 403Z21
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 ply400dr 2Z28
750dr 2Z22
Habu Textiles, Akagi hand-reeled silk single (karami) degummed250dr 2Z25
Habu Textiles, Akagi hand-reeled silk 2 ply degummed200dr 2Z35
250dr 2Z28
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 19
Habu Textiles, konnyaku (vegetable root) sizing Vietnamese dupione silk 1S22
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 twist21d/10x27Z/2S32
Habu Textiles, silk organzine twist degummed21d/3x2 2S 48
21d/10x2 2S 40
Habu Textiles, silk organzine 'soft' twist degummed21d/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 organzine35/2 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
35/12x22S13
Habu Textiles, tassar silk organzine degummed35/2x2 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 1/0.92S/9Z+14
1/2.5 2S/3Z+1 6
Habu Textiles, yellow cocoon handspun silk 500dr 1Z15
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 Gobelines2Z28
Walsh Barrere (USA)3Z28
The Winner Extra Super Legee Twist 3Z 24
The Winner Ex Stout Button Hole Twist 3Z 21
Zwicky Soie pour machines à coudre30/33Z17
35/33Z18
60/33Z25
70/33Z28
80/33Z29


Synthetic & Man Made Threads
ThreadSizeSpinWraps/cm
A F L (European Standards Approved)50 2Z20
Anchor Alcazar 100% viscose 30 2Z 27
352Z29
402Z34
C-Lon Beading Thread 1Z 20
Coats & Clark Nylon Upholstery3Z20
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 Polyester2S23
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) 2Z32
Korbond cotton covered polyester (1 ply cotton & 1 ply polyester) 2Z 36
Mettler Metrosene plus 100% polyesterNo1002Z33
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
ThreadSizeSpinWraps/cm
Anchor Alcazar metallicwrap36
Anchor Arista Finefinechain12
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% viscosechain9
Presencia Metallic wrap/2S 25
Presencia Metallic fine wap 43
KGS Metallic Supply Ltd, Yenmet (Japanese) wrap35
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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