I thought I would share some more of the new threads from market. This is the Silken Straw by Alchemy along with some of their other threads. It is a knitting yarn (silk) that they are now skeining in smaller amounts for needlepoint.
I remember that is how I discovered Planet Earth years back, when they made smaller skeins of their knitting yarn that had either beads or sequins worked into. You couldn’t stitch with that, but it I believe that it would be great couched. I never did get a chance to use that thread before they decided that it wasn’t selling to the needlepoint world.
Alchemy was awarded the TNNA award for best multi-booth presentation. It was a great and really caught my attention!
Have you used Silken Straw yet? I have and I love it! You stitch with it as is and it is great for houses, roofs…well how about a broom? as you stitch with it, the ends open a bit and makes it easier to strand. I think that I counted about 10 strands… and not wanting to miss experimenting with something, I stitched with it that way and it yields a totally different color! I have the colors out on my stitching table as I want to try and use it in a few of the pieces that I am working on.
They have another thread called Sparky, that has a metallic blend and that too soon will be packaged for needlepoint!
Rainbow Gallery never disappoints with more colors of Silk Lamé Braid! Love this thread!
PaintersThreads by Tentakulum. These are hand painted threads from Germany and named after famous painters such as van Gogh, Monet and so forth. Beautiful silks, ribbons, gimps and so much more!
This is their overdyed silks or should I say overpainted?
I think that I have one more group of threads and a few more canvases yet. Maybe I will finish up sometime before for the Dallas show! Only kidding…
It was a busy day of stitching yesterday… so much going on on tv and not that I am a sports fanatic or anything, but there was The US Open and I am sorry its not the same anymore without Tiger. Now wether you liked him or not, its true! Then there World Cup Soccer, a basketball playoff game and of course baseball. All great stitching tv.
AlleyCat is making sure that I sit and stitch!
and until next time…keep on stitching
Hey Vicky,
Great write up on the new threads.
I’m really sending this to tell you how badly I feel about Tony Gwynn…I felt he was such a great representative of the gane, and for the San Diego area too. I think he will be sorely missed.
Joan
Thanks Joan… I am so saddened about Tony and I was just thinking that I hadn’t seen him this year in the broadcast booth. What a great player and what a great person. RIP Tony Gwynn
Just wanted to tell you how much, absolutely a LOT, I enjoy the photography on your blog!!!
I was having a down day today and decided to come into town to a coffee shop and catch up on the blogs that I follow. After looking at your photos of those threads, I’m totally over my bad mood. Of course, this is expensive therapy as I’ll now be stopping at Enriched Stitch tomorrow to look for some of them. 🙂
Thanks so much for your wonderful compliments Marlene! and now 99% of my pictures are shot with my Samsung Note 2 phone! I am sure Suzie will be happy to see you and tell her I said hi…