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Old linen thread from 1968 still holds up great
Found a spool of linen thread in a box my grandpa left behind, dated 1968 from a shop in Portland. I stitched a few practice signatures with it yesterday and the tension felt just as solid as my modern thread. Has anyone else used really old binding thread that still worked fine? I'm wondering if it's worth keeping around for special projects.
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parkerk5610d ago
That 1968 spool from Portland is a real find, and the fact that it still stitched clean after 50 plus years says a lot about how linen was made back then. I feel you on wanting to keep it for special projects, because once that spool runs out you are never getting that exact thread again. My grandpa left me a tin of old buttons and honestly I still have not used most of them for that same reason. If the tension held the same as your modern stuff, save it for book work that really matters to you. Just keep it out of direct sun and damp so it stays good for the next round.
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