Sewing eTextile speaker coils on 11 count Aida cloth.      

  Nine conductive thread speaker coils freshly sewn into Aida cloth.    

  Silverell, 2 ply Stainless Steel, and 3 ply Stainless Steel Conductive Thread.    

  Speed up the creation of your electronic traces by using a double needle on your home sewing machine to sew parallel traces!   Needle size from left to right: 2mm size 90 3mm size 90 4mm size 90 6mm size 100     The resistance of an 8 inch trace using a top conductive thread from Mitsifuji is 14 […]

  I’ve been making a new conductive fabric from Silverell conductive thread and white silk organza.   Testing the resistance with my Fluke multimeter.   A detail of the French knots shows that the Silverell conductive thread gets twisted and doesn’t consistently slide into a tight knot.  

Stainless steel thread has the lowest resistance, but is frays and whiskers like a cat rubbing up against a balloon! 2 ply 117/17 Stainless Steel Thread Resistance and Review from 23 April 2014.   6ply Stainless Steel   2 ply, 4 ply, and 6 ply Stainless Steel Thread  

Way way back in 2010 I was working on a competition piece for the Handweavers Guild of America conference and wanted to improve the aesthetics and durability of the conductive thread I was using. Syne Mitchell of Weavezine connected me with Jaycee Boggs (@insubordiknit) and I sent her some conductive thread to see what she would do…… A few month […]

  RESISTANCE hand sewn 8” trace has a resistance of 7 ohms machine sewn top thread 4” trace before thread broke has a resistance of 1 ohms machine sewn bottom thread 8” trace has a resistance of 1 ohms THREAD QUALITY difficult to thread a size 24 crewel needle frays and whiskers medium ease to sew by hand, breaks 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 hand sewn 8” trace has a resistance of 100 ohms machine sewn top thread 8” trace has a resistance of 250 ohms machine sewn bottom thread 8” trace has a resistance of 125 ohms THREAD QUALITY easy to thread a size 24 crewel needle frays or whiskers easy to sew by hand as well as machine thread is […]