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Guide to tinsel sizes
Colin Campbell from Mauchline in Ayrshire sent us a useful card which seems to have come from an old Hawkes & Black guide. You may find it handy when sizing numbered tinsel spools. It relates to spools of flat tinsel, embossed tinsel, oval tinsel, round tinsel, lace twist, and copper and lead wire
| Guide to tinsel sizes | ||||
| No | inches | inches | mm | |
| 1 | .012 | 1/80 in | 0.30 | |
| FLATS Gold or Silver (Sizes 1-11) | 2 | .015 | 1/64 in | 0.40 |
| 3 | .023 | 1/40 in | 0.60 | |
| LUREX Gold or Silver | 4 | .030 | 1/32 in | 0.80 |
| (Sizes 2,4,5) | 5 | .040 | 1/25 in | 1.00 |
| 6 | .043 | 1/23 in | 1.10 | |
| LUREX (all colours) | 7 | .048 | 1/21 in | 1.20 |
| (Size 2 only) | 8 | .052 | 1/19 in | 1.30 |
| 9 | .060 | 1/16 in | 1.60 | |
| EMBOSSED Gold or Silver | 10 | .072 | 1/14 in | 1.80 |
| (Sizes 3-11) | 11 | .075 | 1/13 in | 1.90 |
| 14 | .020 | 1/45 in | 0.50 | |
| 15 | .022 | 1/40 in | 0.55 | |
| OVALS (Flat Worm) Gold or Silver | 16 | .030 | 1/32 in | 0.80 |
| (Sizes 14-19) | 17 | .035 | 1/28 in | 0.90 |
| 18 | .040 | 1/25 in | 1.00 | |
| 19 | .058 | 1/15 in | 1.50 | |
| ROUND THREADS Gold or Silver | 20 | .007 | 1/140 in | 0.20 |
| (Sizes 20 and 21) | 21 | .010 | 1/100 in | 0.35 |
| LACE TWIST (3-ply cord) | 22 | .016 | 1/64 in | 0.40 |
| (Gold or Silver) | 23 | .020 | 1/50 in | 0.50 |
| (Sizes 22-24) | 24 | .022 | 1/45 in | 0.55 |
| WIRES Gold or Silver (Sizes 25-27) | 25 | .006 | 1/165 in | 0.15 |
| COPPER (Fine or Heavy) | 26 | .005 | 1/200 in | 0.12 |
| LEAD (Fine) | 27 | .004 | 1/250 in | 0.10 |
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