Alison found a few booklets by Nomotta, featuring patterns made with their Ruban d'Art yarn. It's a vintage and discontinued yarn. We wanted to make a pattern or two from the booklet, but didn't have any Ruban d'Art - until Alison found some on eBay and won an auction for 10 spools of black. The color isn't ideal for making projects and posting the pictures online, but we decided to pair it with a modern ribbon yarn (which turns out is also a discontinued yarn). More info on that as I finish the Jiffy Knit Sweater and start on a ribbon yarn project.
When I first went looking for modern equivalents to the ribbon yarn, I didn't know what size ribbon yarn I was supposed to be looking for.
Once we had the spools in hand, I wanted to show what the weave of the ribbon looks like. It makes looking for a substitute ribbon yarn so much easier when you have an idea of what the original yarn looked like.
The Ruban d'Art looks like a lightweight rayon taffeta fabric, without selvedge edges. The edges are "fused" so the yarn is the same weight and thickness across. It is about 5mm wide.
Happy crafting!
