Pam asked the members of Needlepoint Nation about DMC's Met Retors Cotton.
I'll summarize the discussion here for those without a Facebook account--this thread is fairly cheap ($1.31-1.59 for a ten meter skein) and is a sort of cotton tapestry thread. You don't ply it, just use it as it comes off the skein although some folks have plied it and say it is thicker than one ply of regular DMC cotton floss. Folks really like it on 13 count, but a few have used it on 18 count. It's a little tender so shorter lengths are recommended. Some compare it to Very Velvet as it has a matte look. It makes great cording.
Cathe Ray (owner of Needle in a Haystack and a thread expert) says that mat cotton (retors) has been around for 50 years but it fell out of favor due to the stale color selection. She's happy that it is now available again with new colors in the line.
You can see it on the DMC website here. There are 230 colors available.
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