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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Measuring Angle of Twist

The linen tester came in the mail today.  I "think" the angle of twist is 30 degrees for the single ply and 150 degrees for the double ply.

All I know for sure is I have a headache, and that when my hair fell under the lens it looked coarser than the string.

Picture taken through linen tester.
When I stuck the protractor to the screen it looks closer to a 45 degree angle, but it's hard to tell if it's because the camera was at an angle or if the treadling to wind on the thread introduced additional twist.

The bobbin is slowly filling.  The width of the thread shown in the picture is about what is is in "real" life.

2 comments:

Dianne S said...

It's already gorgeous on the bobbin. And I think you may have crossed over the line into "finer than frog hair"!

Oriquilt said...

Thx!