White Thread and Silver Beads

[GraceT]

Okay, sounds like I ought to find some cedar blocks and acid-free tissue... However, I'm living in the humid tropics. I wonder if there's different advice for my situation.

[Lynn]

Hong Kong is extremely humid most of the year too. Perhaps one of those silica gel packets, packed so that it doesn't touch the tatting, would help.

[GraceT]

Hong Kong is extremely humid most of the year too. Perhaps one of those silica gel packets, packed so that it doesn't touch the tatting, would help.

Hmm... The silica gel packs only work if you use an airtight container, but we want the threads to breathe, right? Maybe shoeboxes in a shoe cupboard would be better...

[Lynn]

Sorry, I forgot about having to close up the container with the silica gel. Most of my tatting is stored in my bedroom, where we keep a dehumidifier running most of the time. So far, after over 30 years, nothing has been damaged.

[GraceT]

Sorry, I forgot about having to close up the container with the silica gel. Most of my tatting is stored in my bedroom, where we keep a dehumidifier running most of the time. So far, after over 30 years, nothing has been damaged.

That's reassuring. I'm thinking that storing in a room where we sometimes run the aircon would be helpful.

[Susan B T]

Lynn is correct about natural fibers need to breath, I keep my grandmothers times, quilts, linens, and such in pillowcases when not in use. I do use them and the get washed often enough that dry rot is not a problem. One of the quilts was made shortly after her marriage, at age 18, she passed away at 84 in 1962. I still use the quilt, even well worn, but know holes. It is over 100 years old. Well taken care of they last and last.

[Joanna]

Thank you to all! I lost track of this thread (my subscription stopped). I'm glad to know it's the glue and not the thread that turn yellow. And about the breathing part--makes sense.
Now to find the right color and size silver beads...