Pearl cotton, size 5
Pearl cotton, size 5: how it is made up, how heavy it stitches, and what it suits.
- Fibre
- mercerised cotton
- 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
- heavy
- Put-upThe usual skein or ball length
- 25 m skein or 45 m ball
- Can be divided
- false
- Used for
- Outlines and lettering with a beaded look, hardanger kloster blocks, blanket-stitched edges, crazy quilting seams.
- Notes
- The most popular pearl cotton size, roughly equal to four to six strands of floss but with a rounder, glossier line because it is not divided. Whipped stitches in pearl 5 stand up well.
- 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
- 310,white,321,3371
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- Pearl cotton, size 5
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