Ever Heard of Balger Braid?

The whole time I've been buying threads I've found Balger Braid here and there in shops, in the same spools that Kreinik uses. I thought Balger was an early type of Kreinik metallic.   Turns out I was sort of right.  Here's the whole story, straight from Doug Kreinik, with an easy to remember way to know how to pronounce "Kreinik" to boot!
http://kreinikthread.blogspot.com/2012/09/about-balger.html

Since we are talking Kreinik, I thought you'd like to see the storage system Tisha worked out for her smaller Kreinik spools.
http://stitchplaywithneedlepointtooltime.blogspot.com/2012/09/kreinik-storage.html

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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