Originally Posted by
LynnVT
Certain cotton threads are made of Egyptian cotton, long staple fibers. <snip>It was a sample of Superior Omni, which is "poly wrapped poly." So not all fuzzy thread is cotton.<snip> He has been experimenting with an Italian made thread, but I don't recall the brand.
Superior makes a big deal of the fact that their thread are actual Egyptian grown extra long staple cotton. Dr Bob will tell you that not all Egyptian cotton is Egyptian grown as well. (There's another video somewhere on that. I sat and watched all of the Thread therapy on YouTube one day) So, it may be that the Egyptian angle is polluted, but certainly the XL, vs L, vs whatever the heck some of those dollar store brands are is worth considering.
Yes, one of the lintiest threads I've used was a poly thread. I even shuddered when I loaded a Gutermann poly on my domestic last night to install a binding on a charity quilt. I will have to clean that poor machine out now too.
Aurifil is made in Italy, but he didn't say it was "
Genziana" did he?
Tristan in BC sells it as pretty much interchangeable with Aurifil, to my understanding.
Originally Posted by
Prism99
Wow, ArchaicArcane. Thanks for all the great info and insight!
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My pleasure! If I repeat it here, I can do a search and not have to remember it.
