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- From: Marina.Salume@corp.sun.com (Marina Salume)
- Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
- Subject: Re: gold needles
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 17:20:18 -0500
- Organization: Cornell University
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- Sender: daemon@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu
- Message-ID: <9301272222.AA09596@marny.Corp.Sun.COM>
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- > don't see how a 24 carat gold needle could hold a point. Are they solid
- >or plated?
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- These are tapestry needles, which have blunt tips, for needlepoint
- and cross stitch only. Not for sewing. (They are 9 ct, not 24, but
- are solid gold, not plated).
-
- Plated needles cost a lot less but the gold does rub off, of course.
-
- --marina
-