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| Painter's Threads Overdyed Shimmer Ribbon Floss |
What do you get when you cross YLI's ribbon floss with Germany's Tentakulum Painter's Threads? You end up with overdyed ribbon floss, of course!
Here is YLI's website, the page where the description of the varieties of ribbon floss start. Ribbon floss comes in regular, metallic, Shimmer (which has a bit of metallic woven in--this is the type of ribbon floss Painter's Threads has overdyed), and heathered (which looks rather tweedy and thicker than the other ribbon flosses).
http://www.ylicorp.com/ribbonfloss_1.htm
This is Tentakulum's website, with links to all the threads they manufacture.
http://www.paintersthreads.eu/Seiten/PaintersInfoSite/English/PaintersColoursEnglish.htm
This link shows all the current colors of Painter's Threads in overdyed Shimmer ribbon floss. I am told this is available from YLI if you are a shop owner looking to order.
http://www.paintersthreads.eu/Seiten/Farbkarten/Viskose.Wolle.Metallics.Andere/VRFS.html
This close-up shows some of the new Painter's Threads Shimmer ribbon floss as well as the regular ribbon floss in the old tube packaging. If you compare the regular ribbon floss tail end with that of the new Painter's Thread overdyed Shimmer ribbon floss, you'll see the dyeing process makes the overdyed thread a bit less ribbon-like.
YLI now packages ribbon floss wound around flat rectangles of plastic (which you see at the top of the first photo) but you will still find ribbon floss wound around cardboard tubes as well. I put the mesh tubes around the tube ribbon floss to keep the spools neat. They don't come this way but I didn't have any of the old style of packaging I hadn't opened.
Amy Bunger's Halloweenies Home Study project used Painter's Threads overdyed Shimmer ribbon floss on the Devil character. Here's a picture of Melinda's finished Dev L. Mann.
http://melindaslivingthegoodlife.blogspot.com/2011/02/speak-of-devil.html
Many thanks to LR for sending me these lovely threads to show off to you and use in my stitching.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
Here is YLI's website, the page where the description of the varieties of ribbon floss start. Ribbon floss comes in regular, metallic, Shimmer (which has a bit of metallic woven in--this is the type of ribbon floss Painter's Threads has overdyed), and heathered (which looks rather tweedy and thicker than the other ribbon flosses).
http://www.ylicorp.com/ribbonfloss_1.htm
This is Tentakulum's website, with links to all the threads they manufacture.
http://www.paintersthreads.eu/Seiten/PaintersInfoSite/English/PaintersColoursEnglish.htm
This link shows all the current colors of Painter's Threads in overdyed Shimmer ribbon floss. I am told this is available from YLI if you are a shop owner looking to order.
http://www.paintersthreads.eu/Seiten/Farbkarten/Viskose.Wolle.Metallics.Andere/VRFS.html
This close-up shows some of the new Painter's Threads Shimmer ribbon floss as well as the regular ribbon floss in the old tube packaging. If you compare the regular ribbon floss tail end with that of the new Painter's Thread overdyed Shimmer ribbon floss, you'll see the dyeing process makes the overdyed thread a bit less ribbon-like.
YLI now packages ribbon floss wound around flat rectangles of plastic (which you see at the top of the first photo) but you will still find ribbon floss wound around cardboard tubes as well. I put the mesh tubes around the tube ribbon floss to keep the spools neat. They don't come this way but I didn't have any of the old style of packaging I hadn't opened.
Amy Bunger's Halloweenies Home Study project used Painter's Threads overdyed Shimmer ribbon floss on the Devil character. Here's a picture of Melinda's finished Dev L. Mann.
http://melindaslivingthegoodlife.blogspot.com/2011/02/speak-of-devil.html
Many thanks to LR for sending me these lovely threads to show off to you and use in my stitching.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
6 comments:
Hi Jane--I've come across some of these threads in a few stores, and would really like to buy more of them. The stores I was at only had one of their lines.
Do you know of any stores that carry the whole selection? Readers, how about you?
I looked at the company shopping site, but it's all in German...
Carol S.
Carol, I don't know of any shop that carries all their line, probably because they are German.
Have you used Google Translate to read the site? Head here, set the language the site is in and the one you want it to be in, and add the URL.
http://translate.google.com/#
It's not perfect but you can get the general sense of the website you are interested in.
I would try M's Canvas House in Lexington or Louisville, KY as she had them at the ANG seminar last year. Lani's shop in Studio City, CA had all the lines at one time, not sure if she still does. Good luck in your pursuit! They are beautiful threads.
Here are the links to places Vicky mentioned.
http://www.mscanvashouse.com/
http://www.lanisneedlepoint.com/
Happy hunting! And thanks for the tip, Vicky.
All of the threads are available both retail and wholesale from YLI Corp. in Rock Hill, SC if your local store does not carry them.
Thanks, Jane. Not every store carries them as what store could carry all the threads available!?! Good to know where to pick it up if we have to order ourselves or our shop doesn't know where to get it.
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