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unusual circumstances recommendation on embroidery thread (midwest.social)
submitted 1 year ago by Liz@midwest.social to c/lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works
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Hi hi

I'm stuck in bed and starting to work on embroidery. All of my threads are wound on a spool. They seem to be general purpose threads as far as I can tell. Right now I'm folding them into four parallel threads and using that, doubled up. (Each stich is eight threads.) Some work better than others.

I'm slowly running out and will need to replace them, but I don't know anything about thread. The normal embroidery-specific threads don't seem to come on spools, which I would greatly prefer. They also have different sizes and I have no idea what's that about.

Basically:

Help! What is a good general purpose brand that comes on a spool? It doesn't have to be embroidery specific, but should be adaptable to use in embroidery.

Thanks!

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[–] catsdoingcatstuff@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you are in the US, Michaels had Anchor 6 strand embroidery floss on sewing spools a few months ago. Aurifil also has an embroidery floss on spools, but I've never tried it.

I've also seen projects using sulky sewing thread that look really nice. This article has some sulky examples. https://peacockandfig.com/2018/08/sulky-thread-embroidery-cross-stitch/

[–] Liz@midwest.social 5 points 1 year ago

Yes! Perfect! And they have a cute little button top for trapping the end of your thread! Perfect! Thank you!!

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