I ordered another small piece of this linen, and I'm curious if other mfg. linens in 46 have a heavier weave. The right edge of the H was not in line with the A above. One thread off, but each stitch held two, spaces were also two. Over and over, baffled. Back to the Dazor, spotted a tiny bit of fuzz which was actually the end of a broken thread, accounting for being off one.
I carefully removed stitches in the center of the H to check further and must have broken a second. Never had that happen without aggressively pulling a slub. The first was already broken, no stitches were frogged before I saw the fuzz. Did my blunt tip needle break it while running it between threads to check alignment? Linen is strong, I don't understand the breaks.
Not sure where to go from here. Move down, start over? Pick a spot and start a different project? Attempt to re-weave? Easy to do on a lower count with one break. Two adjacent on 46 may be too difficult, but that will be tried first.
Frustrating, but worse things can happen than broken linen threads and lost work.
Be safe everyone.
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Oh crap is right. The 46 I have is not that thin/fragile but, unfortunately, I can't tell you who the manufacturer was as it was purchased as a mystery linen. Good luck on the reweaving. Looks like a daunting task. But if anyone is up for it, you are. ~Robin~
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