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I'm talking about Cosmo embroidery floss, an Egyptian cotton floss dyed in Japan. Cosmo is available as a six ply silky cotton, as a variated cotton floss and as a metallic floss. It is widely available in the USA in quilting shops.
http://www.thimblecreek.com/cosmo.php
There are over 400 colors available in the embroidery floss line. If you need a lot of shades of one color, Cosmo appears to have 6-7 shades quite often. Folks who plan to stitch Patricia Spencer's Twister, take note!
http://www.thimblecreek.com/images/COSMO%20colorchart.pdf
Seasons is what the variegated line is called. There appear to be 73 color combos.
http://www.thimblecreek.com/images/Seasons-color-chart.pdf
Sparkles is the line of metallic floss. There are 7 colors here.
http://thimblecreek.com/product.php?product=88
For more information here is the company's website.
http://www.lecien.co.jp/en/embroidery/index.html
I've also found a DMC-Cosmo conversion chart so you can substitute colors easier.
http://www.thimblecreek.com/images/DMC%20to%20COSMO%20Conversion%20Chart.pdf
UPDATE: Here is Mary Corbet's review of their variegated cotton floss.
https://www.needlenthread.com/2020/05/cosmo-seasons-variegated-embroidery-thread.html
UPDATE #2: Rittenhouse has a little video on this wonderful cotton floss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlAHzSX9rqQ
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
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© Copyright September 15, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright September 15, 2016 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.
