Silks Are Here!

My Eterna silk threads finally arrived and are they gorgeous! I
ordered 10 colors, trying to decide which to put on my sampler (still
haven't finished the chart). After seeing how beautiful these are, I
wish I had the money to buy the whole collection. Maybe one of these
days I'll be able to buy all the stash I want or go off to stitching
conventions without worrying if that's more important than replacing
our broken down appliances or fixing the sagging bedroom floor. sigh

I'm putting a heart on the sampler that has Hardanger in the middle and
cross stitch around it. Most of the stuff on Hardanger that I've seen
says it should be done with heavy thread (like Pearl cotton) to cover
the fabric. Does that mean silk wouldn't work on the Kloster blocks?

I bought both stranded and minitwist, but I think I'll try the stranded
since it seems a lot softer. The Eterna web page says, "2 strands
together equal a thread weight slightly heavier than popular cotton
flosses." Does that mean that 2 strands of Eterna stranded = 1 strand
of DMC, or something thereabouts?


--
Suze

Cat hair? That's just an embellishment.

From: Suzanne titch

...... The Eterna web page says, "2 strands
together equal a thread weight slightly heavier than popular cotton
flosses." Does that mean that 2 strands of Eterna stranded = 1 strand
of DMC, or something thereabouts?

Yep -- that be the way it works. Not sure I would use it to actually
stitch the kloster blocks for hardanger. You could always get some silk perle
to use!! CiaoMeow ^;;^
..
PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ Queen of Kitties
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!