Stranded silk
Stranded silk: how it is made up, how heavy it stitches, and what it suits.
- Fibre
- silk
- StrandsDivisible strands per length; 1 means the thread is used as it comes
- 7
- WeightHow thick a single working thread stitches; six-strand cotton varies with the strands used
- medium
- Put-upThe usual skein or ball length
- 5 m skein
- Can be divided
- true
- Used for
- Thread painting, fine floral work, goldwork padding, anything that should catch the light.
- Notes
- Seven-strand spun silk that divides like cotton floss but with far more lustre and a smoother pass through fabric. Slippery, so tails are held with a small waste knot. Sensitive to rough hands and hooks, 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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