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Need help with older fibers

I'm trying to put together fibers for a new project on Congress Cloth - rather than buying more stuff for my stash, I am pulling older fibers out of the drawer.

I found two that are the perfect colors, but I an not sure if I can use them on the Congress Cloth. The first is Rainbow Gallery Silk'N Wool,

52% silk/48% wool, two ply twisted together. The card lists it for "Needlepoint: 12-14 count" but I am wondering if I can untwist it and use one ply on the 22-24 count canvas I have? As is, it is about the size of DMC #3 Perle Coton, unplied, it seems to be about the size of DMC #5 Perle Coton.

The second fiber is (I think) Needle Necessities Cluny, 70% wool/30% rayon. It seems to be twisted, but the ends are not unwinding or fraying so I don't think it can be un-done to make it finer. It seems to be about the same thickness as DMC #5 Perle Coton.

Does anyone here have any experience with using this fibers on Congress clot - or at all?

Thanks!

Reply to
woodswell
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Why not take a small piece of the fabric and a bit of the floss and just give it a try?

Reply to
Mary

floss and

I've only got a limited amount of Congress cloth and don't have any for doing samples. Usually that would be the best choice, of course!

I broke down and have submitted an order for the fibers that the project called for I did not have. Half the reason for the project is to learn new fibers so I might as well get the correct ones.

Some day I have to start a Fiber Notebook with samples of the fibers stitched on various kinds of grounds, but when I started one years ago, by the time I stitched some of the threads, they had been discontinued. At the very least I need to make notes of what count canvas they should be used on so years later when they are no longer in anyone's references I will know how to use them.

Thanks!

Reply to
woodswell

I never got a chance to answer when you wrote the first note, but I can say that I've used some really odd things. I even used a bit of cord that was couched on a project as a clothesline in a picture. I know I've used a single strand of Persian needlepoint yarn several times and that works nicely.

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Lucille

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