Comments on: Needlepoint Rugs — Threads http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/needlepoint-rugs-threads/ An encyclopedia of needlepoint and thread information for all stitchers. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:51:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Plying Hard-to-strip Threads http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/needlepoint-rugs-threads//comment-page-1#comment-9212 Plying Hard-to-strip Threads Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:20:16 +0000 http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/?p=2461#comment-9212 [...] Needlepoint Rugs — Threads [...] [...] Needlepoint Rugs — Threads [...]

]]> By: Doreen http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/needlepoint-rugs-threads//comment-page-1#comment-8065 Doreen Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:04:50 +0000 http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/?p=2461#comment-8065 Needlepoint Inc. Silk is a great silk for rugs. Needlepoint Inc. Silk is a great silk for rugs.

]]> By: jmp http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/needlepoint-rugs-threads//comment-page-1#comment-8057 jmp Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:06:04 +0000 http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/?p=2461#comment-8057 Mary Lou -- If you are going to be walking on the rug, I'd stay away from Silk & Ivory. While it's a lovely thread, it is very soft and has lots of loft, meaning lots of air is spun into it. This means it can pill easily, which is not good in a rug. You can avoid pilling by handling it correctly, but I'm so absent minded, I'd forget and ruin the rug after using it a short time. I'd stick to wool or a harder wool/silk blend myself. Keep Stitching, Janet Mary Lou –

If you are going to be walking on the rug, I’d stay away from Silk & Ivory. While it’s a lovely thread, it is very soft and has lots of loft, meaning lots of air is spun into it.

This means it can pill easily, which is not good in a rug. You can avoid pilling by handling it correctly, but I’m so absent minded, I’d forget and ruin the rug after using it a short time.

I’d stick to wool or a harder wool/silk blend myself.

Keep Stitching,
Janet

]]> By: Mary Lou Heinig http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/needlepoint-rugs-threads//comment-page-1#comment-8044 Mary Lou Heinig Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:21:45 +0000 http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/?p=2461#comment-8044 Thank you Janet as I am thinking seriously of buying a needlepoing rug, round, and doing it in the near future. The round part consists of pansies and the middle is open, I mean no design and of a vanilla color. I was thinking of using silk-ivory. Thank you Janet as I am thinking seriously of buying a needlepoing rug, round, and doing it in the near future. The round part consists of pansies and the middle is open, I mean no design and of a vanilla color. I was thinking of using silk-ivory.

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