Cotton

Mouliné (BMT6) ist the most well known but often falsely neglected embroidery thread. It is a 6ply thread, strandable and has a beautiful sheen. This is applied by a special treatment of the cotton fibre (mercerising) and will fade after a while by washing and ironing.

Soft Cotton (BM) 1 ply, matte embroidery thread that makes a nice contrast to the very shiny stranded cotton. It can be used for counted thread and surface embroidery, use a tapestry or chenille needle # 14 or 16. You can also use it for couching with your machine.

Cotto á Broder (BV25)
Cotton a Broder (Cotton Speciale) is a 4ply, non-strandable, slightly twisted thread with a soft sheen. It is a round thread and does not lie flat on the surface, thus making a very nice structure. It is used by many designers in books and kits. It has roughly the same size as flower thread. Use short length of thread so the thread does not loose its sheen. Very popular for cross stitch, white work, drawn and pulled thread, needlepoint lace and hardanger embroidery.

Flower Thread (BF)
This is a vegetable fibre made from the cotton plant. The fibres from which flower thread is spun, are relatively short, the yarn has almost no shine and is not mercerised. It is not very stable. Its name is dedicated to Danish artist Gerda Bengtson. Originally a painter of the local flora, she wanted people to embroider her motifs and prepared cross stitch charts. For many of her paintings of flowers and herbs. For the embroidered motifs she had a matte cotton thread produced dyed with vegetable colours. Ever since this thread has been known as flower thread but is rarely produced with vegetable colours any more.

Pearl Cotton (BP)
BP 03 - BP 05 - BP 08 - BP 12
Highly twisted thread made of long staple mercerised cotton. The high sheen is artificially added by mercerising the cotton and reinforced by the twisting. Whilst embroidering you have to re-twist it once in a while to keep the pearl-like structure and high sheen in the thread.

Ribbon Floss Cotton (BRF)
A softly braided ribbon made of organically grown cotton, being very versatile and easy to use. Because of it’s special construction it can be stitched flatly without too much pain, it does not twist as much as some other ribbons used for embroidery. Used on a canvas ground it covers the fabric very well without having to use more than one thread. It can be worked in any kind of ribbon embroidery, for any stitch and in freestyle textile work. By pulling one or more of the braided threads you can rouche it and thus achieve a very special effect.
More Details please go to Ribbon Floss Shimmer. Rouched threads keep their shape much better than the rayon thread.
Ribbon Floss Cotton is very suitable to make very strong and creative cords. These can be used to make an easy summertime jewellery. It is also easy to use for crochet and Lucette braiding.

Soie d’Alger (SDA7)
Seven ply stranded silk, i.e. the yarn consists of 7 plies that are only slightly twisted and are easy to pull out individually. Another term is strandable silk or silk floss. It is a spun silk, i.e. the gloss is rather subdued, but this matte sheen does not fade upon washing and ironing. Since it is spun of rather short silk threads, it is relatively "elastic" and has a good grip on the fabric. The single thread is slightly thicker than the bettern known stranded cotton and a lot softer and more "fluffy". The look is laminar. You can use the complete thread consisting of 7plies or separate the plies and used any number of individual threads. When using a strandable thread instructions call for the plies, not the complete thread.

Soie de Paris SDP6)
A six ply embroidery twist. threads are only lightly twisted and can easily be separated. It is made of filament silk, the single ply also slightly twisted. It can be used as a substitue for standed cotton, a single ply is slightly thicker than the cotton variation.

Soie Ovale (SO4)
Soie Ovale is the “basic” silk. During the reeling of the cocoons a certain number of the silk filaments are merged to make up for the final size of the thread. Soie Ovale by Au Ver a Soie is not strandable, but there are manufacturers that offer a strandable Soie Ovale (this is an expression for the type of production). In a filament thread the refraction of light is not interrupted by anything . Silk is an animal product, all animal protein fibres "record" light much better than vegetable fibres. This produces higher gloss in threads made from animal products. Even though being a filament thread it is rather coarse and settles well on the fabric.

Soie 100/3 (S030).
A sewing silk that is rather heavily twisted. It is somewhere between a regular machine sewing thread and the old buttonhole silk. It is made from short silk fibres spun together also known as Schappe-Silk. As it is twisted quite strongly it is a bit difficult to use in the sewing machine, but is beautiful to work with in hand sewing and embroidery. The high twist results in a very high sheen.

Soie 130/2 (S050)
A lacy silk made from spun silk that is only slightly twisted. Because it is made of very short fibres and has this low twist it is not very strong and can be torn much more easily than all the other silk threads.
It is mostly used for bobbin lace, but suits well for miniature embroidery on silk gauze and surface embroidery.

Pearl Silk
Soie Americain (SP05)
Soie Perlée (SP10)
Soie Gobelins (SP16)
Non-strandable silk pearl thread made of 2-3 plies of filament silk. To make a pearl thread two or more of the filament threads are twisted heavily in a special way, this results in a very high sheen. We carry two 3-ply silk pearls Soie Americain/Soie Perlée) and a 2-ply Soie Gobelins, which in olden times had also been used to weave tapestry in the type of the Gobelinmanufaktur in Paris.

Silk Ribbon (SR)
2mm - 4mm - 7mm - 13mm - 32mm
Silk ribbons are a wonderful addition to many textile techniques. They are made of silk filament, ie the highest quality silk. The silk comes from Japan and is known around the world to be especially beautiful.These ribbons are woven, not cut, ie they have a real selvedge and therefore do not fray as quickly as cut ribbon. You can wash it up to 40 ° and it should be ironed damp. Caution: Silk Ribbon should never be pulled tightly. Even though the stitches should lie flat on the surface of the fabric they still should look slightly raised. Silk Ribbon for embroidery is available in sizes 2, 4, 7, 13 und 32 mm. The large ribbon is very suitable to make very light necklaces with embroidery. Doll's House makers use it as a wallpaper....plain luxury!

Gimp (VG)
Gimpe is the basic material used for tassel making. A Viscose thread is wound tightly around a core. You‘ll be surprised how well it lends itself to all types of embroidery by hand and machine. Just use it for French Knots and you never want to use anything else to do them. Or do some couching, it will give a very definite outline and will enhance any shape or stitched area.

Ribbon Floss Shimmer (VRFS)
A softly braided ribbon being very versatile and easy to use. Because of it’s special construction it can be stitched flatly without too much pain, it does not twist as much as some other ribbons used for embroidery. Used on a canvas ground it covers the fabric very well without having to use more than one thread. It can be worked in any kind of ribbon embroidery, for any stitch and in freestyle textile work. By pulling one or more of the braided threads you can rouche it and thus achieve a very special effect. The shimmer comes from 1 metallic ply used together with the rayon thread for the braiding.

Metallics Twist (M18F)
A great all-rounder among the metallic threads. One or more plies used as a blending filament shows of the random colours with a very tender effect; providing a special accent for any embroidery. 4 plies or more are strong enough to be worked with on their own their subtle starry appearance putting the shape embroidered in a very special light. Use all 18 plies for couching, include it in your felting piece, twist it into beautiful cords, add a special effect to your silk paper (instant as well as regular) and it can of course be used for any embroidery stitch.

Braided (MTR04)
A braided small band made of metallics but much easier to use than the original thread. It is relatively strong and does not fray so easily in the needle. Use an embroidery needle #3 or a tapestry needle #22 and a thread not longer than 45cm. Applicable for all counted thread and surface embroidery techniques, equivalent to Kreinik's braided.

Crewel Wool (WKR)
"Crewel" has supposedly developed from the medieval name for a ball. It is a thread made up of two twisted plies that are not strandable. The wool is combed before spinning, thus being a worsted.wool As with all animal fibers, it has a very subtle sheen and colours are reflected in a variety of shades, especially in a stitch with varying directions. The crewel wool supplied by this manufacturer has a phantastic soft feeling still being very strong and not subject to tear easily.

Silk Carrier Rod Waste (SCR)
Silk Carrier Rod Waste… if all waste products would be that beautiful! While unraveling silk filament the cocoons over a rod, silk builds up on this carrier rod and is slit once in a while and removed. You can use it as it is or pull apart thin layers. Rods still contain the natural glue sericin. Make brooches, bracelets, necklaces, use it for embellishment ironed or like they are, use it with wool for wet felting or for needlefelting. You can also give some special effect to handmade silk paper or instant silk paper oder im „Normalzustand“ als Verzierung oder filzen Sie es mit der Nadel oder nass mit Wolle. Oder gestalten Sie damit besondere Effekte bei handgearbeitetem Seidenpapier.