On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:28:44 -0700, "Cynthia Spilsted"
wrote:

Another word of advice: don't use cotton thread on the sleepers.

Make that "don't use *three-ply* cotton thread.

Six-ply DMC Cordonnet holds up just fine. Unfortunately, it
comes only in white and off-white, and is no longer made in
sizes smaller than #100/6. But #100 Cordonnet is equivalent
to #50 in sewing thread, the most useful size.

I find Cordonnet well worth winding off the ball onto a
spool. But it's *possible* to sew it directly off the ball.
Probably best to hang the ball from a button tied to a
string that is poked through a hole in the label. But hang
it someplace you won't be too startled when the thread
unwinds off the label, and the almost-empty spool comes
crashing down.

Joy Beeson
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