Blending filament
Blending filament: how it is made up, how heavy it stitches, and what it suits.
- Fibre
- polyester and metallised polyester
- StrandsDivisible strands per length; 1 means the thread is used as it comes
- 1
- WeightHow thick a single working thread stitches; six-strand cotton varies with the strands used
- very fine
- Put-upThe usual skein or ball length
- 50 m spool
- Can be divided
- false
- Used for
- Combined with one or two strands of floss to add a glint without changing the colour.
- Notes
- A hair-fine metallic strand threaded with floss. Tie it to the needle eye with a small loop so it does not slide out; keep lengths short.
- Example coloursA few colours from the DMC card that this thread is sold in; the full card is in the cross-stitch thread colours database
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