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In lugnet.pirates, Stephen A. Campbell writes:
> I've found a string that works well as Pirate ship rigging. It's called
> Speed-Cro-Sheen. It's thicker than thread, thinner than yarn, and of a
> fairly dense wrap. AND it comes in black (as well as a lot of other
> colors). It's just about the same thickness as LEGO string but not quite
> as stiff. I found it in a needle craft store, and bought a spool that
> contains 100 feet for about $2.50 USD.
Speed-Cro-Sheen appears to be a brand of crochet thread made by J&P Coats. Is
the spool marked with the thread size or weight, and the number of plys? I
think this is it (scroll down):
http://www.coatsandclark.com/body_j_p_coats_crochet.htm
-Rob.
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Ahoy Pirate Mateys!
I've found a string that works well as Pirate ship rigging. It's called
Speed-Cro-Sheen. It's thicker than thread, thinner than yarn, and of a
fairly dense wrap. AND it comes in black (as well as a lot of other
colors). It's just about the same thickness as LEGO string but not quite
as stiff. I found it in a needle craft store, and bought a spool that
contains 100 feet for about $2.50 USD.
Arr
SteveC
Captain Needleworkbeard
http://www.widomaker.com/~litehous/Pirate/index.html
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Rob Doucette wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Stephen A. Campbell writes:
> > I've found a string that works well as Pirate ship rigging. It's called
> > Speed-Cro-Sheen. It's thicker than thread, thinner than yarn, and of a
> > fairly dense wrap. AND it comes in black (as well as a lot of other
> > colors). It's just about the same thickness as LEGO string but not quite
> > as stiff. I found it in a needle craft store, and bought a spool that
> > contains 100 feet for about $2.50 USD.
>
> Speed-Cro-Sheen appears to be a brand of crochet thread made by J&P Coats. Is
> the spool marked with the thread size or weight, and the number of plys? I
> think this is it (scroll down):
>
> http://www.coatsandclark.com/body_j_p_coats_crochet.htm
>
> -Rob.
Dat's it. (Art C-45)
100 yards, not feet (duh, although didn't have the spool with me.) I originally
bought a spool of the natural cotton color from another craft store (because they
didn't have black) and I like the way it works. I had to have something for the
rigging of the Wraith (pictures soon) before the Brickfest 2000 Pirate Game and
that was all I could find at the time. Now she'll get a proper rigging.
SteveC
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