Originally Posted by
Pat M.
A size 50 thread is smaller than a 30 weight. Larger the number smaller the thread, smaller number larger thread. There has to be space for the thread to go through the eye of the needle.
Uuuummm. Back in the “Good Old Days”, producers of thread each used their own system to distinguish thread sizes, much in the same manner as the needle makers referred to the same needle by different titles. It seems like everyone wanted to use their own numbering system, all hoping to become the “standard” for thread size measurements. Well, standards were finally agreed upon.
Today, IMO, with everything becoming so “world-wide”, the best solution to the thread size comparison between manufactures is the “Tex” method. Using Tex numbers can go a long way in distinguishing the various thread sizes, regardless of the number of plies thickness, and whether vintage or current production. A person can usually find information today on the internet that can correlate the old numbers with a Tex number to help sort out the differences.
Would that help reduce the confusion?
CD in Oklahoma