House of Embroidery Discusses Colorfastness

The House of Embroidery thread company has a nice discussion about colorfastness in threads on Facebook.  The recommendations on several products to use or avoid are great.

https://www.facebook.com/NeedleworkRetailer/photos/a.94132201413/10160028054676414/

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Beth's in Love!

Beth's right-- don't click on the link if you are a threadaholic!

http://bethsneedleworkstash.blogspot.com/2021/04/h-is-for-house-of-embroidery.html

House of Embroidery (a South African company so shop via Sue Spargo's website if you are in the USA) has three sizes of perle cotton, rayon, silk and silk ribbon.  I suspect the "raw silk" and "fine silk" are what we call spun silk and filament silk but I'm not sure.

https://www.houseofembroidery.com/perle-5-product-range/

https://www.suespargo.com/store.php?cat=215

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Threadaholic Alert: House of Embroidery

Folks who love trying new threads will be interested in Mary Corbet's latest posting on her website. It's all about threads (cotton, silk flosses plus vicose threads, cotton perles and ribbons) from House of Embroidery in South Africa.
http://www.needlenthread.com/2016/11/house-of-embroidery-threads-review.html

You don't have to ask the company to ship to you from South Africa, either.  House of Embroidery has a US distributor for its cotton flosses and perles.  And Mary--bless her!--has negotiated a sale price for her readers that is good until Cyber Monday (November 28 for those who live in places where cyber sales after Thanksgiving aren't part of the normal vocabulary).
http://www.akonyekena.com/product-category/marycorbet/

Right now the sale website is down due to too many threadaholics visiting, but keep trying.  A new thread is worth returning.

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