Except THIS Sunday!!!! Well I suppose old people should never say 'never'!!!!
A brief update after yesterday's (rather late!) post!! Why late? Because I forgot to check that it had gone out!! I'd set it to go out but didn't check the time!!!
Anyway since then I've had the following from Jane:-
"Hi Jane, hmmmm, there's a difference alright. Actually, the thread wasn't bought in South Africa, my daughter Penny bought it for me in Australia. (Proper cotton thread is difficult to come by in the small towns here, though I'm sure you can buy it in bigger centres). I suspect that the standardisation of sizes just isn't as good as one would hope for. DMC is a well known brand, so it's surprising. I suppose the implication is that one shouldn't mix brands? The flurry looks great. But all this does have implications for pattern writing and what not, I think. Interesting, as you say!!"
Here's the label that was on Jane's thread. Oh, do you like my HDT message?!?!?!? That's Hand Dyed Text, of course!!!