Originally Posted by
Onebyone
All thread has a tex weight but usually not sold that way in shops. All are listed as weight. 50 weight being the go to weight for piecing. Each weight has a tex number but seems not all are the same. Confusing. Wawak is a professional sewing supplier. The site is secure. I have ordered zippers, seam rippers, snips, etc for years. I did call but the person I talked to only knew about heavy duty sewing. Didn't know about thread like Superior, Wonderfil, Aurifil to compare.
Thread sizing is so confusing. If you want the 'geek' version - Wawak has a quick conversion chart at
https://www.wawak.com/49a8f0/globala...nversion-Chart
They have another chart on one of the pages for poly-core thread about half way down this page
https://www.wawak.com/thread/thread-.../#sku=pwc102bk
but does not give comparisons of actual brands.
There is a chart that perhaps by needle size would help determine tex equivalent.
https://www.sailrite.com/Selecting-t...ht-Thread-Size
There is another one at
https://wsrv.nl/?url=images.victoria...ead_charts.JPG
I wonder if you contacted one of the companies that made the thread that you have used and see if they could tell you the tex size of their thread.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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