[MR] Bayeux Tapestry Thread

[Ysolt la Bretonne]

Anarra wrote:

> If anyone is interested in doing some Bayeux Tapestry embroidery, a thread
I
> have used with great success is called "Zephyr".  It's 50% merino wool and
> 50% tussah silk.  It gives a wonderful shimmer to your work.

I have gotten this thread at Shuttles, Needles and Hooks in Cary, NC. I
started knitting a pair of the Eleanor of Toledo stockings with it two-ply
using the pattern from the TI. The pattern's guage was all wrong, more like
wooly knee socks instead of the fine stockings of the original. But it is
wonderful thread. I may try again with a pattern from a lady in Lochac and
use one strand. The thread is too nice not to make something out of it.

Ysolt la Bretonne