RESISTANCE thread does not register continuity or resistance hand sewn 8” trace does not register continuity or resistance machine sewn top thread 8” trace does not register continuity or resistance machine sewn bottom thread 8” trace does not register continuity or resistance THREAD QUALITY easy to thread a size 24 crewel needle easy to sew by hand as well as machine thread is wound […]

  RESISTANCE hand sewn 8” trace has a resistance of 10 ohms machine sewn top thread 8” trace has a resistance of 42 ohms machine sewn bottom thread 8” trace has a resistance of 16 ohms THREAD QUALITY easy to thread a size 24 crewel needle does not fray or whisker easy to sew by hand as well as machine […]

RESISTANCE thread does not register continuity or resistance hand sewn 8” trace does not register continuity or resistance machine sewn top thread 8” trace does not register continuity or resistance machine sewn bottom thread 8” trace does not register continuity or resistance THREAD QUALITY easy to thread a size 24 crewel needle easy to sew by hand as well as […]

  RESISTANCE hand sewn 8” trace has a resistance of 7 ohms machine sewn top thread 8” trace has a resistance of 13 ohms machine sewn bottom thread 8” trace has a resistance of 7 ohms THREAD QUALITY easy to thread a size 24 crewel needle does not fray or whisker easy to sew by hand as well as machine […]

  RESISTANCE Simplicity’s Boye Sensa Thread does not register continuity or resistance suitable for creating eTextiles hand sewn 8” trace does not illuminate an LED THREAD QUALITY Simplicity’s Boye Sensa Thread is not plied and it unravels and whiskers easy to thread a size 24 crewel needle packaged needle is too large to use with electronic hardware thread is wound […]

  The following standards are used by The eTextile Lounge for testing conductive thread samples: THREE RESISTANCE TESTS hand sewn 8” trace machine sewn top thread 8” trace machine sewn bottom thread 8” trace THREAD QUALITY fray and whisker ease of threading needle ease of sewing packaging RECOMMENDATIONS Listed according to conductivity, resistance, and quality. MANUFACTURER or RETAIL LISTING If […]

    Comparison testing a variety of conductive threads available from ebay, etsy, and online retailers. Unfortunately, many of the the threads are not conductive and can not be used for eTextiles. I’ll start posting results next week.  

The 8 year old and I had the Borderless faux Arduino board working in no time – once I remembered to change the Arduino platform over to a Lenardo board setting. Its the little things that snag the system.   However there are no instructions. No printed directions came with the kit to bring the new user to a website, […]

After teaching around the world and back again I found that people are still buying anti-static or metalic looking threads believing the fiber is conductive and will work for eTextiles, wearable computing, and craft -tech. Its an easy mistake as there are more vendors on ebay and etsy selling fake ‘conductive’ thread than I ever imagined!  Unfortunately, this ignorance and […]

Years ago I purchased a cone of 234/34 4 ply conductive thread with a resistance of 15 ohms/foot. As you can see in the photo – Sheildex labels it as 235/34. They explained that this number change is because the thread is wound on a one pound cone. It is great thread that I have used for teaching as well […]