Maurice Brassard

Cotton Chenille

£13.75

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This is a premium quality 100% Cotton Chenille yarn made by Maurice Brassard of Quebec, Canada

This beautiful Maurice Brassard Cotton Chenille yarn is a great choice where a lovely thick, soft texture, plush feel, velvety, deep pile effect is preferred like towels and blankets. Suitable for weaving and many other arts and crafts. It has a strong Core that holds up under tension. Dry clean recommended.

Chenille is a type of yarn, or the fabric made from it. Chenille is the French word for caterpillar, whose fur the yarn is supposed to resemble.

Specifications:

Yarn weight:	8/2
Material:	100% Cotton (Chenille style)
Cone:	227 grams (1/2 lb)
Length:	663 metres (725 yards)
Wraps per inch:	Approx 30
Sett - plain weave:	Approx 15 - 18 epi
Sett - twill:	Approx 18 - 20 epi

About wraps per inch & setts...

The wpi and epi numbers above are approximate and a guide to help you only. There really is no substitute for doing your own sampling to achieve the fabric you want.

What do yarn weight numbers mean?

In simple terms, the lower the first number, the thicker one ply of yarn is. The second number denotes how many plies the yarn has. So a 10/2 yarn and a 3/2 yarn both have 2 plies, but the 3/2 yarn is much thicker than the 10/2 yarn.

Useful weaving calculators...

There are lots of weaving calculators on the internet including these from Janet Dawson which including a weaving project calculator, denting, reed substitution & average sett.